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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21L9_the-long-island-of-the-holston_Kingsport-TN.html
Its west end seen here in the river, the Long Island of the Holston is four miles long. Tennessee's first National Historic Landmark, it was the site of numerous Revolutionary War events. It served as a sacred Cherokee Indian island until ceded to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9X_douglass-high-school_Kingsport-TN.html
(Side One) The only school for African Americans in Kingsport began in 1913 as the Oklahoma Grove School near downtown. With Rosenwald and community funds, the first Douglass School building was constructed in 1928. A new structure was erected on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G6F_rock-ledge_Kingsport-TN.html
Built before 1835 by David Shaver, father of Samuel Shaver, an early Tennessee portrait painter. Passed to Lucinda Shaver, wife of Unionist and Tennessee State Senator (1865-69), John Welsh. In inherited by Leah Welsh and her husband, and her husb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FQC_flatboat-adventure-december-22-1779_Kingsport-TN.html
Colonel John Donelson in his flatboat "Adventure," leading a flotilla of about 300 people in flatboats and canoes, departed from Fort Patrick Henry on that epic voyage to the Big Salt Lick on the Cumberland River (now Nashville). The voy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BK6_the-boat-yard_Kingsport-TN.html
To the south, along the banks of the Holston River, a famous gateway to the West, the Boat Yard had a major role in the history of the South. It was the head of navigation on the Holston from 1768 to 1850, and important commercial port and the poi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BK4_flootboat-adventure-december-22-1779_Kingsport-TN.html
Colonel John Donelson in his floatboat "Adventure," leading a flotilla of about 300 people in flootboats and canoes, departed from Fort Patrick Henry on that epic voyage to the Big Salt Lick on the Cumberland River (now Nashville). The voyagers we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BK3_daniel-boone-wilderness-trail_Kingsport-TN.html
In March 1775 Daniel Boone and a group of axmen met nearby at the Holston River and began blazing a trail through 200 miles of forested terrain to the Cumberland Gap and beyond to the Kentucky River. The Wilderness Trail, or Road, opened a new cha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFPX_western-union-building_Kingsport-TN.html
Built in 1932, this building housed the Western Union telegraph company. Early residents could receive packages and send telegrams from this local office. Wires were extended from here to seven of Kingsport's industrial sites including Eastman and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFPU_the-gem-theatre_Kingsport-TN.html
The old Gem Theatre was one of the first buildings in downtown Kingsport. Built in 1915, this building has been used for everything from a country-western bar to a church. It was originally a movie theater that showed a variety of films including …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFPS_bank-of-kingsport_Kingsport-TN.html
As the area began to develop, citizens began to realize that they needed a place to invest their money. As a result, the Bank of Kingsport was built in 1912. This financial institution was the first bank in the model city. It holds another place i…
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