Historic Markers - Island Road TN12

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Island Road TN12

Oldest Wagon Road in Tennessee
America's First Road to the Southwest

This military road from Chilhowee, Virginia, to Kingsport, Tennessee, was completed September 1761 by Major Andrew Lewis under the command of Col. Adam Stephen. Upon reaching the Long Island of the Holston, the militia erected Fort Robinson to treaty for peace with the Cherokees.

Island Road and TN 37. Sullivan County Tennessee


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