How Knoxville is Renamed Marble City. The city as a whole was sometimes referred to as “the Marble City” as late as the 1950s. Marble has played an important role in Knoxville’s cultural history. Knoxville’s first professional artist, Lloyd Branson, was best known for a 1910 painting of men and oxen hauling marble, called “The Toilers.”
Knoxville is a picturesque city situated in the beautiful mountainous state of Tennessee. Beautiful scenery...
