1902 – Centenarian’s View of Living in Kingsport Since 1822

From the 1902 Knoxville Journal…

History is typically read in textbooks, but this is a unique, personal point of view of someone who lived it. She lived in Kingsport before, during, and after the Civil War! Keep in mind when she says ‘downtown district’ that it doesn’t mean the one we know, it means the riverfront.

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