Downtown Joneborough kicked off its Christmas events Satruday with a "Whoville Christmas."The Grinch themed event included photos with Santa and the Grinch. Fam
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — Picnicking in a graveyard doesn’t appeal to most, but for some, it’ll be the perfect educational and spooky summer activity. A “Summer Social in the Old Jonesborough Cemetery” is scheduled for Aug. 12 from 6-8 p.m. The event is hosted by the Heritage Alliance of Northeast Tennessee & Southwest Virginia, and […]
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – 150 years after disease ravaged Tennessee’s oldest town, historians believe they’ve discovered a mass grave of residents struck down by cholera. 1873: Pestilence Visits Jonesborough In the summer of 1873, a wave of cholera swept the American South. The disease, caused by a bacterial infection of Vibrio cholerae, followed railroad lines […]