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This week in Nashville history: Goodbye, hello
Departures and arrivals figure prominently in this week of Nashville history. December 13 was the date of at least three notable Nashville demises in the first half of the 20th century, as noted in this NashvillePost.com history item from 2005: … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur St. Clair Colyar (1818-1907), C. Runcie Clements Sr. (1876-1960), Christ Church Episcopal, Cornelius Abernathy Craig Sr. (1868-1957), Dow Jones Industrial Index, Edwin Warner (1870-1931?), Harry Hill McAlister (1875-1959), Hilary Ewing Howse (1866-1938), Hillsboro Church of Christ, Horace Greeley Hill Sr. (1873-1942), Horace H. Lurton (1844-1914), Iron and Railroad Co., Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928), James H. Kirkland (1859-1939), James M. Cowan (1858-1930), Joel Owsley Cheek (1852-1935), Leland Hume (1864-1939), Nashville Tennessean, National Life & Accident Insurance Co., Rufus Elijah Fort (1872-1940), Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company, William Howard Taft (1857-1930), William Ridley Wills Sr. (1897-1957)
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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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