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The Goats of Kingsport
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Kingsport Historical Society
September 18 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
The Kingsport Historical Society will hold its next meeting on September 18 at 10 a.m. at the Kingsport Higher Education Center (300 W. Market Street). The speaker will be Pam Cox, the director of tourism for Scott County, who will discuss the history of the Southwest Virginia region.
Cox’s program will review the goal of the tourism programs, along with historical facts on the Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail, Natural Tunnel State Park, the Blockhouse, the Daniel Boone Museum, the Carter Fold and the Devil’s Bathtub.
Admission is free and the public is invited to attend to learn more about how Southwest Virginia grew along with the Holston River Valley and Kingsport.
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