Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Bristol
    Bristol
    Bristol
    Ebook217 pages55 minutes

    Bristol

    By George Stone and Sonya A. Haskins

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Images of America: Bristol celebrates the history of the town known as "A Good Place to Live."


    Joseph A. Anderson bought land on the Virginia-Tennessee border from his father-in-law, Rev. James King, and founded Bristol in 1852. Just four years later, the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad came to Bristol, and the town became a major trading center of the Appalachian region. During the Civil War, Bristol was a vital railway link between the North and the South, and it later became known as the birthplace of country music. Readers are sure to enjoy viewing over 200 vintage photographs of the train station, the Carter Family, the King family, Virginia Intermont College, and King College, as well as homes and people from all walks of life. The S. E. Massengill drug manufacturing company shown on the cover is among the highlighted industries.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateSep 7, 2005
    ISBN9781439617113
    Bristol
    Author

    George Stone

    Authors George Stone and Sonya A. Haskins have collaborated on this vivid pictorial history to produce a work Bristolians can be proud to own. Stone is a lifelong resident of Bristol, Tennessee, and worked for the Bristol Herald Courier for 21 years. Haskins, an area resident, graduated from King College in 1992 and has authored two other volumes in the Images of America series, Jonesborough and Johnson City.

    Related to Bristol

    Related ebooks

    Photography For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Highclere Castle AT CHRISTMAS

      Nov 6, 2019

      Highclere Castle AT CHRISTMAS
      5 min read

    • Article

      Summer Finances

      May 30, 2023

      Summer Finances
      3 min read

    • Article

      Juneteenth and KC Barbecue

      May 4, 2021

      Juneteenth and KC Barbecue
      2 min read

    • Article

      Michael Henderson on Radio

      Sep 30, 2021

      WE HEAR SO MUCH THESE DAYS about identity, and the conversation is framed in narrow terms designed to keep others out. Shrill voices proclaim membership of religious, ethnic, political, sexual and sporting tribes, as though it comes with a blessing f

      3 min read

    • Article

      Cast in Iron?

      Apr 2, 2020

      Cast in Iron?
      7 min read

    • Article

      Burntwood Omission

      Jan 30, 2024

      Email wdytyaeditorial@ourmedia.co.uk Write to WDYTYA? Magazine, Eagle House, Bristol BS1 4ST WIN an AncestryDNA test kit from ancestry.co.uk WORTH £79 The writer of our star letter wins an AncestryDNA test worth £79 – so drop us a line and share your

      7 min read

    • Article

      Your Letters

      Jul 14, 2023

      Your Letters
      5 min read

    • Article

      More Than Whippets And Flat Caps

      Jun 30, 2022

      Anthony Broxton is a political adviser and public historian IN OCTOBER 2007, THE LOWRY, named after Salford’s most famous son, hosted the Myth of the North exhibition in a bid to change public understandings of the region. As part of the programme, a

      3 min read

    • Article

      My Britain: Bristol

      Jun 22, 2021

      My Britain: Bristol
      4 min read

    • Article

      Massachusetts

      Aug 29, 2023

      MASSACHUSETTS, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 13 colonies, has a rich and storied history that has greatly influenced the United States as a whole. An intellectual, cultural and educational hub, the state is home to some of the most prestigious institutions of

      5 min read

    • Article

      Forty Years After The Infamous Riots, Brixton’s Black Community Is Being Suffocated

      Apr 12, 2021

      South London was my first home after arriving as a child in the UK from South America with my parents and siblings in the early 1960s. Invited by the Queen, no less, to help rebuild the motherland after the war, we would be welcomed with open arms, o

      7 min read

    • Article

      Origin Story

      May 15, 2019

      Origin Story
      2 min read

    • Article

      Pride Of Place

      Nov 7, 2020

      Pride Of Place
      4 min read

    • Article

      Worcestershire

      Mar 7, 2023

      Worcestershire
      3 min read

    • Article

      Pageant Fever

      May 5, 2020

      Pageant Fever
      5 min read

    • Article

      Finding Home(s)

      Jun 27, 2023

      Finding Home(s)
      2 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Oct 28, 2021

      As an ex-amateur boxer, I was interested in the reference to black American world heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in Prejudice on the Pitch (October). My great uncle Alan fought Johnson in Portsmouth on 11 June 1908. Because of Home Office interfer

      4 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Bristol

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Bristol - George Stone

      Byrd

      INTRODUCTION

      If Charles Dickens had not already penned his great classic A Tale of Two Cities, the story of Bristol could very easily have had that title. With its main street straddling two states, Bristol is rich in history and has been the economic backbone for Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia for over 100 years. Bristol, named for the manufacturing city in England, was christened in 1852 when Joseph R. Anderson bought a tract of land from his father-in-law, Rev. James King. Anderson then proceeded to plan this little town, which sat directly on the Virginia-Tennessee border. In 1856, the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad came to Bristol, and the town grew into a major trading center of the Appalachian region. It was also in 1856 that Bristol received its official charter. Today, Bristol is a city of over 40,000.

      Bristol’s importance in history was never more evident than during the Civil War, when the town was a vital railway link between the North and the South. Following the Civil War, when wounds had been healed, Bristol would rebuild and grow along with the rest of the war-torn country.

      In August 1927, an event known today as the Bristol Sessions took place at the Taylor-Christian Hat Company on State Street in Bristol, Tennessee. Ralph Peer, a talent scout for the Victor Talking Machine Company, traveled to Bristol from New York City to record Southern Appalachian musicians who played what was then referred to as hillbilly music. Because of the Bristol Sessions, little-known musicians such as Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family would soon become household names. As a result of those early recordings, Bristol today is recognized the world over as the Birthplace of Country Music.

      No doubt one Bristolian who was influenced by the likes of Rodgers and the Carter Family was a youngster by the name of Ernest Ford. Ernie, as he was more commonly known, spun records at radio station WOPI before embarking on a career in music and television that catapulted him into stardom as a singer and comedian. He would be recognized all over the world as simply Tennessee Ernie.

      Any historical account of Bristol would not be complete without the mention of the King family—from the Kings who settled the area as early pioneers to another King family who played a significant role in making Bristol such a successful commercial center.

      Bristol has offered young people throughout Appalachia and beyond the opportunity to earn a solid education with centers of higher learning such as King College, Virginia Intermont College, and Sullins College. And not to be overlooked is the deep religious faith of those who call Bristol home, evidenced by the great number of church steeples dotting the landscape throughout the city. Sports also play a major role, from minor league baseball to high school athletics to recreational

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1