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Region

Just west of the Blue Ridge Mountains lies a land that was once revered by Indians and jealously sought after by the white men. Nestled in the foothills of the Appalachians and secured in the valley formed by the Holston River is Abingdon, a town rich in history and tradition

When the area was a rugged wilderness, the Cherokee nation lived to the South, while the Shawnee made their home to the North along the Ohio River. However, neither made the Abingdon area their home. Legend has it that the Great Spirit forbade them to come to this lush area because the living would be too easy and the inhabitants would become corrupt.