The Donelson Expedition

EPISODE · Mar 11, 2017 · 9 MIN

The Donelson Expedition

from Stories of Appalachia · host Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins

In the winter of 1779-1780, a group of settlers set out from the present site of Kingsport, Tennessee, sailing down the Holston River to establish a new settlement in the wilderness. They succeeded in reaching Fort Nashborough, later Nashville, Tennessee, after a trek that took them all the way down to the Ohio River, then […]

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