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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1777/06/15 Gen Benjamin McKinley Logan Work Ben Logan picks-up supplies at the Long Island of the Holston in Tennessee and returns to Logan's Station within three weeks.
1791/09/00 Adam Stephen Commander After the Island Road reaches Long Island of the Holston, the Virginia militia, under the command of Col Adam Stephen, erect Fort Robinson to treat for peace with Cherokees.
1920/00/00 Charles "Old Man Bishop" creates a Tennessee Long Island Iced Tea on Long Island in Kingsport, TN. Bishop, a known illegal liquor distiller, makes his libation with rum, vodka, whiskey, gin and tequila, sweetened with a little maple syrup. Long Island Ice Tea
1940/00/00 In the 1940s, Old Man Bishop's son, Ransom, who was said to have operated a still, revises his father's recipe by adding lemon, lime and cola. Long Island Ice Tea

Places

PlaceAsNotedInType
PlaceAsNotedInType
Boatyard Historic District (Kingsport, TN)
  • NRHP

Data »

Particulars for Long Island of the Holston:
Area of Significance Exploration-settlement
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Physiographic feature Island
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Pedestrian Related
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000733
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Exploration-settlement
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Significant Year: c 1760, c 1770
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Pedestrian related
Current Function: Domestic, Agriculture, subsistence, Commerce, Trade, Industry, processing, extraction
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Agricultural fields Business Manufacturing facility

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