Dear Doc Knox,I am searching for information on a local musician and relative, "Blind" George Reneau. I know that he performed around Knoxville, and recorded some 78 rpm records. (My dad has one of the records). I can't find much info about him, so anything you have would be appreciated.Ed ...Read More

Dear Doc Knox:Not including the river, where was Knoxville's first city dump/landfill?AirmackMy Dear Mr. Airmack:We assume by not including the river, we're also excusing First and Second creeks, which were used as dumps probably from the first time James White's kids took out the trash in 1786.We can't be certain ...Read More

Dear Doc Knox:My wife and I had lived in Knoxville for about 15 years before we left in the early 90's. We returned in '04 and were truly awed by the metamorphosis we saw. A downtown we first experienced as one of the most lifeless had turned into a great ...Read More

Dear Doc Knox:There is an old huge skeleton of a wooden building in the Rocky Hill community on Northshore Drive that is situated on a hill up in the woods. It is on Currier Lane, across from Roosters. It has been there for years and nobody that I know seems ...Read More

Dear Doc Knox,What historic buildings gave way to the former Whittle Communications building, now the Howard Baker Federal Courthouse, and was there protest at the time to try to save those buildings?Thank you,Jennifer CorumMy Dear Mlle. Corum:The shortest answer is hardly any, and not much. But it turns out ...Read More

Dear Doc Knox:In our office we have a map on the wall showing Knox County in 1895. On the horseshoe bend on the south side of the Tennessee River (the site of the former UT Ag Farm), west of what is now the Buck Karnes Bridge, a street grid is ...Read More

Dear Doc Knox: I recently moved to Conner Drive in Fountain City. I believe Conner Drive was named for the Conner family whose home once stood where Mynatt's Funeral Home is now located, which is at the corner of Conner and Rennoc (which is Conner spelled backwards). Is there a story ...Read More

Dear Doc Knox:My husband and I moved into an historic home in Old North Knoxville this past July. We are interested in finding out the history of the home, but so far, haven't been able to find much besides the names of former owners. Do you know anything about our ...Read More

Readers: We recently received a parcel of letters from students at the Garden Montessori School, and have endeavored to answer each as it appeared on the polished surface of our fine mahogany desk. Though the doctor has a one-question rule, he was touched by the appearance of actual handwriting on ...Read More

More than a few times, Dr. Knox has received correspondence implying that "McClung Museum" and "McClung Collection" are interchangeable. They are not the same thing. They are not roughly the same thing, parts of the same thing, or down the hall from the same thing. in fact they're about ...Read More