Today in Johnson City History, Sunday, May 17, 2026
Continung to catch up!
Monday, May 17, 1926: A century ago today, the Johnson City Staff-News reported tragic news. Readers learned that “John T. (Doc) Young, sheriff of Yancey county (sic for County), and T. D. Gouge, merchant of Windom, a community near Burnsville, N. C., are dead as the result of a pistol duel, according to information reaching here today. The fatal shooti…