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  • Andrew Jackson started to practice law there in 1788. His log home is the centerpiece of Jonesborough's preservation movement.
  • Next to Jackson's home stands the Chester Inn (1797), where presidents Jackson, Polk and Johnson all stayed at soe point.
  • Tennessee's first governor, John Sevier, lived just south of Jonesborough. 

The Jonesborough Storytellers Guild is an interesting link in Jonesborough.

Sports and Outdoors

One of the biggest attractions in the tri-cities area is Bristol Motor Speedway. The course is probably NASCAR's most popular short track, so it draws national attention to the area and provides a big economic boost locally on race day. But there are other, less well know sports attractions in the tri-cities.

The Virginian golf community is a great plac to look into if golf holds a central place in your life.

The local people enjoy the presence of the Kingsport Mets, part of Appalachian League minor league baseball.

The Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club (TEHCC) is just one place to contact if you want to take advantage of the area's mountains and waterways. East Tennessee provides some beautiful places for activities like these.

Arts

The Tri-cities is culturally, as well as economically and historically, rich. The most important acheivements of the area have only recently begun to be noticed: Bristol is now recognized as the Birth Place of Country Music.

Below is a list of Arts-oriented or culturally insightful web site that are worth a visit:

Education in the Tri-cities

One finally area of Tri-cities life that is worth a look is the education sector of the region. The are boast 5 college.

East Tennessee State University
is a state school with some graduate programs. Cutbacks in education have placed ETSU under the gun, but it remains a prestegious insititution.

Three denominational colleges opperate in the area.

Milligan College in Johnson City began in 1866 as Buffalo Male and Female Institute. The college is an independant Christian institution with its roots in the the Restoration Movement.

The Presbyterians began King College in Bristol, Va., about the same time. Today King College is a

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