The Knoxville Mercury

donate about

An archive brought to you by Knoxville History Project
Navigation
  • Stories
    • Cover Stories
    • News
    • Press Forward
    • Photo Stories
    • Q&As
    • Abode: Home Design
  • Columns
    • Architecture Matters
    • At This Point
    • Knoxville History
    • Much Ado
    • Perspectives
    • Inside the Vault
    • Possum City
    • Restless Native
    • Sacred & Profane
    • The Scruffy Citizen
    • Small Planet
    • That ’70s Girl
    • Voice in the Wilderness
    • Guest Ed.
    • Editor’s Notes
  • Food & Drink
    • Home Palate
    • Dirt to Fork
    • Sips & Shots
    • Quick Bites
    • Restaurant News
  • Music
    • Music Stories
    • Music Reviews
    • Classical Music
  • Arts & Culture
    • Visual Arts
    • Performing Arts
    • Books
    • Movies & TV
  • Local Guides
    • Top Knox
    • Consumer Guides
    • Quick Bites
    • Outside Insider
  • Outdoors
    • Voice in the Wilderness
    • Outside Insider
  • Search
  • Stories
    • Cover Stories
    • News
    • Press Forward
    • Photo Stories
    • Q&As
    • Abode: Home Design
  • Columns
    • Architecture Matters
    • At This Point
    • Knoxville History
    • Much Ado
    • Perspectives
    • Inside the Vault
    • Possum City
    • Restless Native
    • Sacred & Profane
    • The Scruffy Citizen
    • Small Planet
    • That ’70s Girl
    • Voice in the Wilderness
    • Guest Ed.
    • Editor’s Notes
  • Food & Drink
    • Home Palate
    • Dirt to Fork
    • Sips & Shots
    • Quick Bites
    • Restaurant News
  • Music
    • Music Stories
    • Music Reviews
    • Classical Music
  • Arts & Culture
    • Visual Arts
    • Performing Arts
    • Books
    • Movies & TV
  • Local Guides
    • Top Knox
    • Consumer Guides
    • Quick Bites
    • Outside Insider
  • Outdoors
    • Voice in the Wilderness
    • Outside Insider
  • Search

Outdoors

Outdoors Archives - Page 11 of 11 - The Knoxville Mercury
View Post

Tales of the WILDCAT: Bert Emmerson’s Hiking Adventures

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanMay 27, 2015leave a COMMENT

Bert Emmerson was hiking through a broad grassy valley in New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness, trying to make it to the Mexican border and finish the Continental Divide Trail. It was …

View Post

Finding Wild Flowers, but No Wild Boars, on the Smokies’ Whiteoak Sink Trail

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanMay 6, 2015leave a COMMENT

After a few minutes on the trail to Whiteoak Sink in the Smokies, I met a park ranger on his way out who told me that the wildflowers down there …

View Post

Walleye Quest, Part 2: Misadventure on Tellico Lake

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanApril 15, 2015leave a COMMENT

On April Fools’ Day, a series of omens convinced me that I would have the best odds of fulfilling my quest of catching my first walleye, a sport fish commonly …

View Post

Cold Fish: In Search of the Prized Walleye, at Cove Creek

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanMarch 25, 2015leave a COMMENT

I was paddling as fast as I could to get to my takeout, a half mile away. My hands, in fleece gloves, were swelling and stiffening to the point of intolerance. …

View Post

A Winter Hike in Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness

In Outdoors, Voice in the Wilderness by Kim TrevathanMarch 11, 2015leave a COMMENT

The trick to enduring a long winter is to embrace it, to go out and confront its winds and vapors and crusty frozen surfaces. There are no insects, no serpents, …

  • Page 11 of 11
  • ←
  • 1
  • ...
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11

About Us

The Knoxville Mercury was an independent weekly news magazine devoted to educating and connecting Knoxville’s many different communities. It was a taxable, not-for-profit company governed by the Knoxville History Project, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization devoted to exploring, disseminating, and celebrating Knoxville’s unique cultural heritage.

All content © 2015-2017
The Knoxville History Project

Contact Us

The Knoxville Mercury
contact@knoxhistoryproject.org