Today in Johnson City History, Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Tragic accidents, World War II news, and much more
Monday, June 4, 1900: One hundred and twenty-five years ago today, the Knoxville Sentinel reported several short news accounts, all with a dateline of Johnson City. “Readers learned that “R. A. Ross, the railroad boss who was so seriously injured by the premature explosion of a blast out on the O. R. & C. railway extension some time ago, has about recov…