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This week in Nashville history: Wavelengths, wayfarers and a would-be whuppin’
This week in Old News, the crumbling pages of long-forgotten Nashville newspapers take us back to the origins of an iconic radio show and to the beginnings of modern tourism promotion in what we now call the Music City. They … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Benjamin Herman (?-1898), Benjamin Lindauer (?-1916), Bolivar H. Cooke (1827-1909), Byrd Douglas Sr. (1845-1911), Claiborne Hooper Phillips (1847-1886), Cumberland River, Duncan Eve Sr. (1853-1897), Edward Hazzard 'E.H.' East (1830-1904), Garrett M. Morgan (1861-1940), Gates Phillips Thruston (1835-1912), George Dewey Hay (1895-1968), Grand Ole Opry, Henry W. Buttorff (1837-1915), Howell E. Jackson (1832-1895), Jacob Fishel (1864-1951), Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928), James Davis Porter Jr. (1828-1912), John Berrien Lindsley (1822-1897), John Calvin Brown (1827-1889), Joseph Bedinger Morgan (1856-1927), Marmaduke Beckwith Morton (1859-1943), Michael Burns (1813-1896), Nashville Banner, Nathaniel Baxter Jr. (1844-1913), National Life and Accident Insurance Company, Neill Smith Brown (1810-1886), Paul Fitzsimons Eve Jr. (1857-?), Phares T. Throop (1854-1933), Samuel Seay Jr. (1844-1907), William H. Morgan (?-1901), William Herman (?-1907), William Litterer (1834-1917), William P. Phillips (1839-1913), William R. Cornelius (1824-1910)
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