 Henry Johnson's name was quickly restored following the war, with Johnson elected as the city's first mayor on January 3, 1870.The town grew rapidly from 1870 until 1890 as railroad and mining interests flourished.However, the national depression of 1893, which caused many railway failures (including the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad or "3-Cs", a predecessor of the Clinchfield) and a resulting financial panic, halted Johnson City's boom town momentum.