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The Oak Ridge Story: The Saga of a People Who Share in History (Classic Reprint)
The Oak Ridge Story The Saga of a People Who Share in History - Classic Reprint Author:George O. Robinson chapter I — The Prophet — NEAR the city limits of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, not far from a high wire fence running forbiddingly along one of the main traffic arteries leading into the community, a lone grave rests on a grassy, overgrown knoll. It is marked by an inconsequential little stone-scratched and scarred. — Resting beneath this forlorn marker i... more »n the shadow of a city of 30,000 where live the personnel who grapple daily with the new force of atomic energy are the remains of one John Hendrix. Many years ago, John Hendrix, an ascetic, roamed the fields and woods of a sparsely-settled, isolated section of East Tennessee. John Hendrix had visions. He recited these visions frequently. Those who paused to listen often laughed.
John Hendrix assumed the role of a prophet around the turn of the Twentieth Century, when about 50 years of age. His visions manifested themselves more acutely as he would return from a communion in the deep woods which stretched along the ridges near his stark, weath
Table of Contents
Contents; I The Prophet: An Old Man of the Hills, Many Years Ago, Predicted the Oak Ridge of Today 17; II Strangers in the Valley: The Why and How of Oak Ridge; in Tennessee, History Walks with a Heavy Foot 21; III Of Those Who Left: The Sons of Pioneers Relinquish Their Land for New Pioneers 32; IV Of Those Who Came: A Cross-Section of America Turns a Rural Section Into the Symbol of a New Age 42; V They Couldn't Say a Word: How the Secrecy; Was Maintained on the Most Secret of Projects 66; VI The Wonders of a New World: The Intriguing Fads in the Building of Intricate Plants 77; VII Atomic City Housekeeper: A Construction; Company Meets a Unique Challenge 93; VIII A Story Is Born: The Story Behind the Story of; the First Official Releases on the Atomic Bomb 100; IX Into Civilian« less