Today in Johnson City History, Friday, June 20, 2025

Happenings in and around Jonesboro, "Get Involved!" with an outdoor drama

Wednesday, June 20, 1900: One hundred and twenty-five years ago today, the Herald and Tribune reported several short news items of interest to local citizens; a few advertisements were also offered to readers. Some of each follow: “In Western North Carolina, between the blue (sic for Blue) ridge (sic for Ridge) of the east and the Alleghanies on the west, in the beautiful valley of the French Broad, two thousand feet above the sea, from Asheville, beautiful, picturesque and world famed as one of the most pleasant resorts in America. It is a land of bright skies and incomparable climate, whose praises have been sung by poets and whose beauties of stream, valley and mountain height have furnished subject and inspiration for the painter’s brush. This is truly the ‘Land of the Sky,’ and there is perhaps no more beautiful region on the continent to attract pleasure tourists or those health seeking. Convenient schedules and very low rates to Asheville via Southern Railway.”