Long Island (Tennessee)
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| Long Island of the Holston | |
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| Nearest city: | Kingsport, Tennessee |
| Built/Founded: | 1760 |
| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000733[1] |
| Governing body: | Private |
Long Island is an island in the Holston River at Kingsport in eastern Tennessee.
Originally held by the Cherokees, the island played an important role in the early history of the region.
There are only a handful of houses on the island now. About half of Long Island now contains a park administered by the City of Kingsport. The other half of the island is the site of a waste treatment plant owned by Tennessee Eastman Chemical Company. Most of the island is within the corporate boundaries of Kingsport.[citation needed]
The Long Island of the Holston River was an important site for the Cherokee, colonial pioneers, and early settlers. Early settlements at the site were used as a staging ground for people following the Wilderness Road to Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap. First chartered in 1822, Kingsport became an important shipping port on the Holston River. Goods originating for many miles from the surrounding countryside were loaded onto barges for transport downstream to the Tennessee River at Knoxville. The young town lost its charter after a downturn its in fortunes precipitated by the Civil War.[citation needed]
The name "Tennessee" originated from the old Yuchi Indian word, "Tana-see," meaning "The Meeting Place," which refers to The Long Island of the Holston River.[citation needed]
[edit] References and further reading
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- Ezzell, Patricia Bernard. "Long Island". Tennessee Encyclopedia online.
- Long, Howard. Kingsport: A Romance of Industry. Overmountain Press (October 1993)
- Moore, J.S. Understanding Apples. Outskirts Press (October 2006)
- Moore, JS. Gathering Leaves. Outskirts Poress (April 2008)
- Spoden, Muriel M.C. Kingsport Heritage: The Early Years, 1700 to 1900. Johnson City, TN: The Overmountain Press, 1991
- Spoden, Muriel Millar Clark . The Long Island of the Holston: Sacred island of the Cherokee nation
- Williams, "Fort Robinson on the Holston," East Tennessee Historical Society Publications, no.4 (1932)
- Williams, Samuel C. Dawn of Tennessee Valley and Tennessee History (Johnson City, 1937)
- Williams, Tennessee During the Revolutionary War (Nashville, 1944)
- Wolfe, Margaret Ripley. Kingsport Tennessee: A Planned American City. University Press of Kentucky (November 1987)
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