Simply Bank in Spring City Tennessee started as Bank of Spring City in 1890 The Bank of Spring City received its Charter of Incorporation on May 31, 1890 and opened for business immediately thereafter. The first board of directors was elected on June 9, 1890. The board members were John E. Pyott, R. K.…
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Train Derails in Downtown Spring City July 28, 2016
Motorist travel up and down Rhea County Highway around the Spring City Depot Station every day. Citizens are walking about on Front Street. With everyone going about their daily routine, you’d never realize that just a few years ago the area was littered about with twisted metal wreckage and spilled coal from a derailed train. …
Gorilla Attacks Constable, Arrested by Sheriff Carl “Shipwreck” Kelly
Constable J.C. Mincey attacked by Circus Gorilla in Spring City- Trainer and Gorilla tossed in Rhea Jail June 1955. At the conclusion of the 1925 Scopes Trial, the citizens of Rhea County thought they had heard the last of any court trials relating to monkeys. That all changed one June afternoon in 1955 when a…