Today In Johnson City History: April 24
The Union Flag was a newspaper in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way at the time. April 24, 1890: According to The Comet, âGov. R.L. Taylor returned last week from Boston and New York where he had been in the interest of East Tennessee. He and C.S. Brice and other millionaires are interested in a scheme that means big things for this section.â April 24, 1898: With a dateline of Johnson City, the Chattanooga Daily Times reported, âThe stockholders of the old Johnson City Ice Factory are making efforts to have the plant started at an early day. The plant had to close severa...
Source: johnsoncitypress.com