Tag: America250
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Sullivan 250 | William Blount and the Business of Building a Territory
Eighth in a 12-part monthly series to commemorate Sullivan County’s role in the 250th birthday of the United States of America August 2026 | 8 of 12 When William Blount was appointed governor of the Territory South of the River Ohio in 1790, the task before him was immense. The Revolution was over, but order…
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Sullivan 250 | A Federal Answer: The Territory South of the River Ohio
Seventh in a 12-part monthly series to commemorate Sullivan County’s role in the 250th birthday of the United States of America July 2026 | 7 of 12 Victory in the Revolutionary War did not bring immediate clarity to the frontier. In the Holston Valley, the early postwar years exposed a widening gap between rapid settlement…
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Sullivan 250 | Long Island of the Holston: Where the Frontier Converged (1 of 12)
First in a 12-part monthly series to commemorate Sullivan County’s role in the 250th birthday of the United States of America Before Sullivan County existed, before Tennessee had a name, there was Long Island of the Holston. Lying along a broad bend of the Holston River near present-day Kingsport, the island and its surrounding flats…
Kingsport Spirit 