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KNOXVILLE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Knox county, See also:Tennessee, U.S.A., in the E. See also:part of the See also:state, 160 m. E. of See also:Nashville, and about 190 m. S.E. of See also:Louisville, See also:Kentucky, on the right See also:bank of the Tennessee See also:river, 4 M. below the point where it is formed by the junction of the See also:French Broad and Holston See also:Rivers. Pop. (1880), 9693; (1890), 22,535; (1900), 32,637, of whom 7359 were negroes and 895 were See also:foreign-See also:born; (1910 See also:census), 36,346. It is served by the See also:main See also:line and by branches of the Louisville & Nashville and the See also:Southern See also:railways, by the Knoxville & See also:Bristol railway (See also:Morristown to Knoxville, 58 m.), by the See also:short Knoxville & See also:Augusta railroad (Knoxville to Walland, 26 m.), and by passenger and See also:freight steamboat lines on the Tennessee river, which is here navigable for the greater part of the See also:year. A See also:steel and See also:concrete See also:street-See also:car See also:bridge crosses the Tennessee at Knoxville. Knoxville is picturesquely situated at an See also:elevation of from 85o to See also:I000 ft. in the valley between the Smoky Mountains and the See also:Cumberland Mountains, and is one of the healthiest cities in the See also:United States. There are several beautiful parks, of which Chilhowie and See also:Fountain City are the largest, and among the public buildings are a city-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, Federal See also:building, See also:court-See also:house, the Knoxville See also:general See also:hospital, the See also:Lincoln memorial hospital, the See also:Margaret McClung See also:industrial See also:home, a See also:Young Men's See also:Christian Association building and the See also:Lawson-McGhee public library. A See also:monument to See also:John See also:Sevier stands on the site of the See also:blockhouse first built there. Knoxville is the seat of Knoxville See also:College (United Presbyterian, 1875) for negroes, See also:East Tennessee See also:institute, a secondary school for girls, the See also:Baker-Himel school for boys, Tennessee Medical College (1889), two commercial See also:schools and the university of Tennessee. The last, a state co-educational institution, was chartered as See also:Blount College in 1794 and as East Tennessee College in 1807, but not opened until 182o—the See also:present name was adopted in 1879. It had in 1907–1908 ro6 instructors, 755 students (536 in See also:academic departments), and a library of 25,000 volumes With the university is combined the state college of See also:agriculture and See also:engineering; and a large summer school for teachers is maintained. At Knoxville are the Eastern State insane See also:asylum, state asylums for the See also:deaf and dumb (for both See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white and See also:negro), and a See also:national See also:cemetery in which more than 3200 soldiers are buried. Knoxville is an important commercial and industrial centre and does a large jobbing business. It is near hardwood forests and is an important See also:market for hardwood mantels. See also:Coal-mines in the vicinity produce more than 2,000,000 tons annually, and neighbouring quarries furnish the famous Tennessee See also:marble, which is largely exported. Excellent building and pottery See also:clays are found near Knoxville. Among the city's industrial establishments are See also:flour and grist See also:mills, See also:cotton and woollen mills, See also:furniture, See also:desk, See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office supplies and See also:sash, See also:door, and See also:blind factories, See also:meat-packing establishments, clothing factories, See also:iron, steel and See also:boiler See also:works, foundries and See also:machine shops, See also:stove works and See also:brick and See also:cement works. The value of the factory product increased from $6,201,840 in 1900 to $12,432,880 in 1905, or 100.5 %, in 1905 the value of the flour and grist See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products alone being $2,048,509. Just outside the city the Southern railway maintains large car and repair shops. Knoxville was settled in 1786 by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James White (1737-1815), a See also:North Carolina See also:pioneer, and was first known as " White's Fort "; it was laid out as a See also:town in 1791, and named in See also:honour of General See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Knox, then secretary of See also:war in See also:Washington's See also:cabinet. In 1791 the' Knoxville See also:Gazette, the first newspaper in Tennessee (the See also:early issue, printed at Rogersville) began publication. From 1702 to 1796 Knoxville was the See also:capital of the " Territory See also:South of the See also:Ohio," and until 1811 and again in 1817 it was the capital of the state. In 1796 the See also:convention which framed the constitution of the new state of Tennessee met here, and here later in the same year the first state legislature was convened. Knoxville was chartered as a city in 1815. In its early years it was several times attacked by the See also:Indians, but was never captured. During the See also:Civil War there was considerable See also:Union sentiment in East Tennessee, and in the summer of 1863 the Federalauthorities determined to take See also:possession of Knoxville as well as See also:Chattanooga and to interrupt railway communications between the Confederates of the East and See also:West through this region. As the Confederates had erected only slight defences for the See also:protection of the city, See also:Burnside, with about 12,000 men, easily gained possession on the 2nd of See also:September 1863. Fortifications were immediately begun for its See also:defence, and on the 4th of See also:November, See also:Bragg, thinking his position at Chattanooga impregnable against See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant, See also:Sherman, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas and See also:- HOOKER, JOSEPH (1814–1879)
- HOOKER, RICHARD (1553-1600)
- HOOKER, SIR JOSEPH DALTON (1817— English botanist and traveller, second son of the famous botanist Sir W.J.Hooker, was born on the 3oth of June 1817, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He was educated at Glasgow University, and almost immediately after taking his M.
- HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM JACKSON (1785–1865)
- HOOKER, THOMAS (1586–1647)
Hooker, despatched a force of 20,000 men under See also:Longstreet to engage Burnside. Longstreet arrived in the vicinity on the 16th of November, and on the following See also:day began a See also:siege, which was continued with numerous assaults until the 28th, when a desperate but unsuccessful attack was made on Fort See also:Sanders, and upon the approach of a See also:relief force under Sherman, Longstreet withdrew on the See also:night of the 4th of See also:December. The Confederate losses during the siege were 182 killed, 768 wounded and 192 captured or missing; the Union losses were 92 killed, 394 wounded and 207 captured or missing. West Knoxville (incorporated in 1888) and North Knoxville (incorporated in 1889) were annexed to Knoxville in 1898.
See the See also:sketch by See also:Joshua W. Caldwell in Historic Towns of the Southern States, edited by L. P. See also:Powell (New See also:York, 1900) ; and W. See also:Rule, G. F. Mellen and J. Wooldridge, See also:Standard See also:History of Knoxville (See also:Chicago, 1900).
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