Chattanooga History Center will explore Market Street on its 11th Nicely walking tour, based on a section of Maury Nicely’s “Chattanooga Walking Tour and Historic Guide.”
The walk starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Deadline to register is Monday.
The History Center’s executive director and curator, Dr. Daryl Black will serve as tour guide. Participants will meet at the Regions Bank plaza at Sixth and Market. The tour will go north from there to Ross’s Landing (a previous tour went south to M.L. King Boulevard).
“Though this section of Market did not develop with tall, impressive buildings, as did the section further south, lots of very interesting things happened there,” said a news release from the center.
These events included a labor strike, theatrical performances, newspaper publishing, tavern brawls and the Bee Hive Store fire, which took the lives of two firemen later memorialized by the Firemen’s Fountain at Fountain Square.
The fee is $3 per person. Call 423-265-3247, ext. 10, to register.