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 Johnson
City, TN is the largest of the 3 major cities in the
Tri-Cities area of Northeast Tennessee.
Johnson City was founded in 1777 by land grants from
the state of North Carolina to several families, due
to Great Britain’s attempts to arm Indian tribes
against the American Revolution.
The ‘Territory’ now known as the State of Tennessee
AND part of Western NC, was originally called “The
State of Franklin,” with what is now a historical
site, Rocky Mount, serving as the “Capital of The
State of Franklin”.
Johnson City is home to East
Tennessee State University (ETSU); the Quillen
College of Medicine; Milligan College; and “The Med
Tech Corridor”, a new and fast growing center of
medical and technical small businesses, research
groups, and larger corporations, patterned after the
Research Triangle to encourage development by
non-polluting industries.
The population of Johnson City is approximately
56,000, with a metropolitan area of over 1.5 million
within a 50 mile radius.
Mountains and four TVA Mountain
Lakes grace the area, providing fishing, boating,
swimming, picnicking, hiking, camping, rafting,
biking (including bike races) and other recreational
activities. In recent years the area was written
about favorably by Runners Magazine. The Appalachian
Trail zigzags back and forth through several
adjoining counties, even crossing the dam at
beautiful Watauga Lake. The area is rich in history,
music, local arts and crafts, an award winning
senior citizens center with a multitude of
activities, local theatres and the nearby, famous
Barter Theater; local caverns; the National
StoryTelling Festival and a plethora of other
regional festivals throughout the year. NASCAR
racers come to the International Speedway in Bristol
twice a year, and drag racing has become very
popular at several local drag ways.
The roads in Tennessee are consistently ranked in
the top 1-3 in the country, allowing traffic to move
around NE Tennessee without the delays found in
other large metropolitan areas.
Known as “The Gateway to East Tennessee, Southwest
Virginia, Western North Carolina and parts of
Kentucky”, the Tri-Cities area is served by The
Tri-Cities TN Airport, with Delta, American, US Air,
and Northwest Airlines express services into and out
of the area. Nonstop flights are available to
Nashville, Memphis, Charlotte, Atlanta, Pittsburg,
Cincinnati, and Detroit, all of which are hubs
connecting to cities throughout the US and the
world.
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