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Today In Johnson City History: Jan. 20

JANUARY 20 Jan. 20, 1907: With a dateline of Johnson City, readers of the Chattanooga Daily Times learned, “At a meeting of the city council on Thursday night, after the transaction of other business, the council decided to adopt a sewerage system and $10,000 of the city’s bonds will be devoted to that purpose.” Ten thousand dollars in 1907 is currently worth approximately $277,000. (Source: www.in2013dollars.com) Jan. 20, 1914: The Chattanooga Daily Times, with a dateline of Johnson City, reported, “W.E. Hatcher, of the Unaka National bank (sic), left Saturday afternoon for Nash, Tex., where on Wednesday he will be united in marriage to Miss Lillian Soidoiskia Creamer, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James D. Creamer. After spending their honeymoon in the southwest, Mr. and Mrs. Hatcher will return to Johnson City, and will be at home to their friends after Feb. 9.”

Today In Johnson City History: Jan. 17

Jan. 17, 1889: G.B. Horton, Henry Gildersleeve, and Eugene Horton had, as of January 1, 1889, formed a co-partnership with the name of Horton, Gildersleeve & Co. The business would “continue the business heretofore conducted by Horton, Yocum & Co., as the ’Watauga’ Tannery”, according to The Comet. Jan. 17, 1900: The Knoxville Sentinel, with a dateline of Johnson City, reported, “Geo. T. Williams, of Milligan, Tenn., and J.C. Kingsley, of Greeneville, Tenn., are at the Greenwood Hotel.” Jan. 17, 1903: The Chattanooga News reported very tragic news, with a dateline of Johnson City. “While a number of men were at work in the sewerage ditch at the Soldiers’ Home yesterday afternoon the banks caved in on them, and one man, Sam Grooms, of North Carolina, was killed, and two others, J.J. Stenson and Charles Leonard, were badly injured. The ditch was about 12 feet deep and two feet wide, and the ground thawing caused several tons of dirt to slip in

The Hillcrest High School Viking

The Hillcrest High School Viking Our history expert solves local mysteries: who, what, when, where, why, and why not. Well, sometimes. Expand Originally intended as a carpet company promotion, “Erik” has been an impressive feature of Hillcrest High School since the early 1970s. Dear Vance: What’s the story behind the giant Viking that guards the entrance to Hillcrest High School? — G.L., Memphis. Dear G.L.: In the early 1900s, when the University of Tennessee medical school here fielded its own football team, the players were called the Doctors. Meanwhile, about this time, the West Tennessee State Teachers College (now the University of Memphis, of course) called its football team the Teachers. What a terrifying spectacle that would have been, if the Doctors and the Teachers met on the playing field. And what nightmares those scary mascots would have given any youngster who saw the game. I’m joking, of course.

Today In Johnson City History: Dec. 11

Dec. 11, 1890: The Comet carried exciting news about Johnson City’s Steam Laundry. “The Steam Laundry has been removed into new quarters on West Market street and is ready for business. New machinery has been added and Geo. R. Brown, the proprietor, will spare no pains to make it first class in every particular. The wagon will call regularly for laundry hereafter. Orders from a distance will receive prompt attention. In connection with the laundry, Mr. Brown has fited (sic) up bath rooms but they are not open yet. In a few days, however, all will be ready and both hot and cold baths can be had at all hours in elegant and convenient apartments. The laundry is on West Market near Boone street.”