Editing Knoxville, Tennessee (section)

===Reconstruction and the Industrial Age===
[[File:Knoxville-republic-quarry.jpg|thumb|upright|Early-1900s photograph of the Republic Marble Quarry near Knoxville]]

After the war, northern investors such as brothers Joseph and David Richards helped Knoxville recover relatively quickly. The Richards brothers convinced 104 Welsh immigrant families to migrate from the [[Welsh Tract]] in [[Pennsylvania]] to work in a rolling mill. These Welsh families settled in an area now known as [[Mechanicsville, Knoxville|Mechanicsville]].<ref name=atkin>[http://caloncymreig.tnhillbillie.net/content/view/89/32/ The Old Atkin Street Church and Knoxville's Welsh Community] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130413204148/http://caloncymreig.tnhillbillie.net/content/view/89/32/ |date=April 13, 2013 }}. Originally published in the ''Knoxville Journal and Tribune''. Retrieved: September 7, 2010.</ref> The Richards brothers also co-founded the Knoxville Iron Works beside the [[L&N Railroad]], also employing Welsh workers. Later, the site was used as the grounds for the [[1982 World's Fair]].<ref name="hindsight">{{cite web |last=Neely |first=Jack |title=1982 World's Fair in Hindsight |url=https://knoxvillehistoryproject.org/1982-worlds-fair-in-hindsight/ |website=Knoxville History Project |access-date=April 22, 2022 |date=April 2022 |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522222415/https://knoxvillehistoryproject.org/1982-worlds-fair-in-hindsight/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Knoxville-knitting-works-1910.jpg|thumb|left|Child labor at Knoxville Knitting Works, photographed by [[Lewis Wickes Hine]] in 1910]]

Other companies that sprang up during this period were Knoxville Woolen Mills, Dixie Cement, and Woodruff's Furniture. Between 1880 and 1887, 97 factories were established in Knoxville, most of them specializing in textiles, food products, and iron products.<ref name=wheelereoa>William Bruce Wheeler, "Knoxville, Tennessee". ''The Encyclopedia of Appalachia'' (Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 2006), 375.</ref> By the 1890s, Knoxville was home to more than 50 wholesaling houses, making it the third largest wholesaling center by volume in the South.<ref name=wheelereoa/> The [[Candoro Marble Works]], established in the community of Vestal in 1914, became the nation's foremost producer of [[Tennessee marble|pink marble]] and one of the nation's largest marble importers.<ref>Linda Snodgrass, "[http://notes.utk.edu/bio/unistudy.nsf/7332b42094ea15f685256bbc005814ba/c48e4cd3bc2fbf1185256bc0006da6ee The Candoro Marble Works] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628100005/http://notes.utk.edu/bio/unistudy.nsf/7332b42094ea15f685256bbc005814ba/c48e4cd3bc2fbf1185256bc0006da6ee |date=June 28, 2009 }}". 2000. Retrieved: February 28, 2008.</ref> In 1896, Knoxville celebrated its achievements by creating its own flag.<ref>Found in Knoxville City Code of Ordinances Chapter 1, Section 1-12 www.knoxvilletn.gov/government/city_ordinances_charter</ref> The [[Flag of Knoxville, Tennessee]] represents the city's progressive growth due to agriculture and industry.<ref>"Statement as to the Adoption of the Knoxville City Flag", November 6, 1896, Knoxville Minute Book, Book L, p.380.</ref>

In 1869, Thomas Humes, a Union sympathizer and president of East Tennessee University, secured federal post-war damage reimbursement and state-designated [[Morrill Land-Grant Acts|Morrill Act]] funding to expand the college, which had been occupied by both armies during the war. [[Charles William Dabney|Charles Dabney]], who became president of the university in 1887, overhauled the faculty and established a law school in an attempt to modernize the scope of the university. In 1879, the state changed its name to the University of Tennessee, at the request of the trustees, who hoped to secure more funding from the Tennessee state legislature.<ref name="The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2002">Milton Klein, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1429 University of Tennessee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830171619/http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1429|date=August 30, 2011}}". ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2002. Retrieved: February 28, 2008.''</ref>

The post-war manufacturing boom brought thousands of immigrants to the city. The population of Knoxville grew from around 5,000 in 1860 to 32,637 in 1900. West Knoxville was annexed in 1897, and over 5,000 new homes were built between 1895 and 1904.<ref name=wheeler>W. Bruce Wheeler, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=745 Knoxville] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427042406/http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=745 |date=April 27, 2012 }}". ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', 2002. Retrieved: February 28, 2008.</ref> In 1901, train robber [[Harvey Logan|Kid Curry]] (whose real name was Harvey Logan), a member of [[Butch Cassidy]]'s [[Wild Bunch]] was captured after shooting two deputies on Knoxville's Central Avenue. He escaped from the Knoxville jail and rode away on a horse stolen from the sheriff.<ref name="kidcurry">{{cite news |title=Butch Cassidy partner 'Kid Curry' earned Knoxville notoriety |url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2018/06/26/butch-cassidy-partner-kid-curry-earned-knoxville-notoriety/735411002/ |access-date=July 10, 2022 |work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] |date=June 27, 2018}}</ref>