Manhattan Project alum Velva Irwin busy writing, making memories
Velva Irwin didn’t squawk when her father insisted she go to National Business College between her...
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Oak Ridge photographer Westcott has died
The photographer who documented the beginnings of Oak Ridge has died. James Edward “Ed” Westcott...
Read MoreValliant: a colorful career in politics, land development
Knoxville attorney John Valliant Jr.’s parents migrated south from Canada and wound up in Oak Ridge in 1943. His father worked on the super-secret classified Manhattan Project “and he was an illegal alien,” Valliant laughs. As...
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Progress has taken toll on historic Callaway’s Landing
Hundreds of drivers pass daily on their way to and from work or on errands, unaware of the history...
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