Hey guys. This is our first installment of the Knox Wake video blog, hosted by our very own Ryan Jones. Our video was filmed and produced by Alex Oliver of JAO Pro.

Who’s talking on Knoxify? You are. Some of the best comments from the past week or so listed below for your reading enjoyment.

Before Dollywood There Was…?
“Holy moley. I vaguely remember Silver Dollar City. Think I may still have a few ginormous, plastic mugs with the logo on the side. Goldrush Junction, way before my time.” - Jody Collins

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This photo was taken by Deb Campbell

The View of Knoxville series is derived from photos in our flickr group. Add your pictures and we might feature them here.


This photo was taken by Cheneworth

The View of Knoxville series is derived from photos in our flickr group. Add your pictures and we might feature them here.

If you read the title of this post and thought “Silver Dollar City,” you were only one-third right. True Dollywood and East Tennessee historians will remember that before Dollywood or even Silver Dollar City came Goldrush Junction. And, while writing this post, I discovered that the attraction originally opened as “Rebel Railroad” in 1961 (Wikipedia: Dollywood).

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If you like pictures of Knoxville then you’ll love our new photo feed. Subscribe to our photo feed here or by clicking ‘Photo Stream’ under the search box.

7 photos landed in the Knoxified inbox today of the new Tennessee football locker room. Take a peek at what awaits the new recruiting class in our flickr pool here.

The originator of the e-mail appears to be Billy Haley of FanU.com.

According to this Tweet from abreeskye, the Knoxville Farmer’s Market might be getting a new vendor. Curious as to what the “Knoxville Craft Mafia” will bring to the table.

We’re back with another addition to our Knoxville Neighborhood Guide. This time, we have highlighted a South Knoxville locale, Lake Forest.

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Knoxified Linkage

The Wigshop has a new "Weird Knox" report covering a new Knoxville taxi company, Relaxi Taxi. Sounds...interesting.

Read about the men who have donned the suit and mask of every Vol fan's favorite blue tick coon hound, Smokey.

FIFE Knoxville is a new site that highlights fun things to do for the upcoming week. Agenda for Friday: check out Springbrook pool in Alcoa.

All Around KTown is at it again this week with a new NOTW. Check out the details on Riversound, "an exclusive lakefront development."

Who's up for a Downtown equestrian center? That's the idea Josh Flory is kicking around (no pun intended).

Knoxville Talks reported that South Knoxville will be receiving a new Montessori school.

Knox Insider is reporting that film crews will setup shop at Vine Magnet School to shoot scenes for High School Musical 4.

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