Long Island Cleanup and Restoration

Water Damage or Fire Damage in your home or business in Long Island? SERVPRO is always ready to help!

Long Island is located mostly within the corporate boundaries of Kingsport, Tennessee. Long Island is located across the main channel of the South Branch Holston River from downtown Kingsport. It is about 4 miles in length, and has a maximum width of about 0.5 miles. Long Island's population peaked between 1955 and 1963, holding 517 residences and approximately 1,800 people at the time. Only a handful of houses remain on the island. The Long Island of the Holston River was an important site for the Cherokee and their ancestors. During the Revolution, the Cherokee allied with the British, in the hope of expelling colonists from their territory. They defeated frontiersmen in July 1776. European-American settlers built Fort Patrick Henry on the north bank of the South Fork of the Holston River. Colonel William Christian commanded 2,000 men in a punitive expedition against the Cherokee towns, suppressing their resistance. The 1777 Treaty of Long Island (Avery Treaty) stated that the Cherokee still owned the land of Long Island, but they relinquished all claims to other land occupied by whites in east Tennessee. That year Colonel John Martin was appointed as the US Indian Agent and established a trading post on Long Island. He lived there for a decade with his Indian wife Betsy Ward. On January 7, 1806 Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War to President Thomas Jefferson, purchased the island from the Cherokee people on behalf of the United States. It was part of an attempt to settle the western border of the nation. In 1822 the European-American settlements near here, Christianville and Rossville, were chartered together as the Town of Kingsport; it developed as an important regional shipping port on the Holston River in the early 19th century. During the Prohibition era, the island gained a reputation as a site for violence and bootlegging. Smugglers could easily use the river to come and go with their goods. Through the latter 20th century, much of Long Island was developed for heavy industry, especially by Eastman Chemical Company. Unfortunately, even Long Island can be hit by water and fire damage. When residents and business owners need a premier cleanup and restoration company, SERVPRO is ready to help!