Knoxville in the Capital Era
Commemorating America’s 250th anniversary and Knoxville’s 235th birthday, the Knoxville History Project presented a one-day symposium on October 2nd, 2026 at the East Tennessee History Center. The full day of programming featured nine Knoxville historians and archivists presenting a new look at the key events that unfolded, and all the key players who settled in this region during the mid-late 1700s when the landscape was rapidly transitioning from Native American hunting grounds, to land claimed by settlers, and the emergence of new states; as well as the changes that fueled hostilities…
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