Offering a delightful look back at 1909, this reprint is enhanced with numerous photographs, and even the advertisements include interesting bits of nostalgia. There is no apology in this proposal from a city seeking to grow, and certainly the person looking for opportunity in an ideal setting would have been impressed. Indeed, one might wonder how many current residents are in Johnson City because their parents or grandparents responded to this invitation from “The City of Opportunity…snugly nestled in the finest spot on God’s big world.”