East Tennessee History Center introduces Knoxville Origins StoryMap

East Tennessee History Center introduces Knoxville Origins StoryMap

Before Knoxville became a vibrant city of shops, restaurants, and orange-and-white pride, it was a rugged frontier settlement called White’s Fort, established in 1786 on a 1,000-acre tract along the Holston River (now the Tennessee River). Just a few years later, James White’s son-in-law, Col. Charles McClung, surveyed the land between First Creek and Second Creek to lay out a town. His plan divided the area into 64 lots, which were offered thro…