Jeff Fleming’s unique take on the Kingsport Spirit with stories of faith, family, people, places, & history of his hometown and surrounding region. Jeff retired in 2019 after serving the City of Kingsport for 35 years, rising from planning intern to city manager.
Third in a 12-part monthly series to commemorate Sullivan County’s role in the 250th birthday of the United States of America In July 1776, independence was declared in Philadelphia. Along the Holston River near Island Flats, it arrived as a crisis. The Battle of...
Second in a 12-part monthly series to commemorate Sullivan County’s role in the 250th birthday of the United States of AmericaAs British colonial interests pushed beyond the Appalachians, travel followed established Indigenous routes such as the Warriors’ Path through...
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...