Tag: USA 250

• Long Island of the Holston: Where the Frontier Converged

  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…

  Jeff Fleming

  January 14, 2026

  History

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