Knoxville Chronicles
Knoxville Chronicles is a podcast series produced by the Knoxville History Project highlighting some of the most interesting of the city’s old stories that still have relevance today.The Knoxville History Project is an educational nonprofit with a mission to research, preserve and promote the history and culture of Knoxville, Tennessee.Learn more at KnoxvilleHistoryProject.org
Podcasting since 2023 • 14 episodes
Knoxville Chronicles
Latest Episodes
The Legend of Marshall Carlos
This surprising story focuses on a Spanish-speaking police chief beginning in the 1850s during Knoxville’s murky antebellum era. Christopher Columbus Carlos, a tailor-turned-policeman had a reputation as an especially tough cop—a Town...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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28:09
The October Carnival
Imagine October in Knoxville, and subtract Volmania, drives in the Smokies, and Halloween decorations, and what would you have? But on certain Octobers between 1884 and 1913, we had more creative and unpredictable fun than we ever have today.&n...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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31:24
Creature of the Cumberlands
In early 1794, barely just over two years after the town of Knoxville was established, a short but strange news item appeared in the Knoxville Gazette. A detachment of soldiers, 30 miles outside of Knoxville, encountered a “cr...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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7:12
Love in the Time of Upheaval: The Cansler Elopement
There are some names in Knoxville history that seem rarer than others. Cansler is one. In Mechanicsville, there’s a Cansler Street, and on University Avenue, a Cansler Building. Off Western is the old Laura Cansler School, a former “colored” el...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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20:31
The Hottest Day and the Immortal Kiosk
The elegant old weather kiosk on the corner of Clinch Avenue and Market Street looks like something built for an Exposition of the beaux-arts era. But in fact, it was originally installed in 1912, not long before Knoxville’s gigantic and elegan...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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14:43