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Funny money in circulation, medical school negotiators head to Washington and more were reported on this day in Johnson City.

A surprise housewarming, a donkey cart accident, a mayor fights a change in government and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

Jonesborough was spelled that way in 1872. Jan. 25, 1906: With a dateline of Johnson City, the Nashville Banner reported on recent damage done by the weather. “The heavy rains and high waters out along the lines of railroads entering the town from the south and east have done great damage. It is said that no trains can reach Cranberry for a week, and much time will be required to repair the S & W Railroad, and the Embreeville or Johnson City Southern.” Additional details indicated, “A report reached here yesterday that much of the road from Elizabethton to Mountain City has bee...

Jan. 7, 1862: According to “The Railroads of Johnson City” by Johnny Graybeal, Henry Johnson “sold his son John M., then age 22 a half-acre lot next to his depot building. The lot contained a house and was part of the original half-acre lot purchased in 1854. By this time, the phrase ‘Johnson’s Depot’ was in common usage by the Register of Deeds office to denote land in that area.” Jan. 7, 1886: Readers of The Comet learned, “Mr. T.S. Patty, Emigrant Agent, of Portland, Oregon, was in the city last week. He is getting up an excursion to leave this place...