Kingsport, Tennessee: More Than Eastman, Pal’s & Purple Cows

[@appalachianpatriot1796]

Pal’s Home of the best drive-through ever!

[@realappalachia]

Yes!

[@justanotheralmaroad1923]

I've loved that Indian since I was a wee child. Now 70.

[@realappalachia]

There is just something about him

[@Buck58]

I used to live in kpt.for several yrs. Still miss the green belt for a nice place to walk.

[@realappalachia]

Yes they have done a great job keeping up the green belt

[@deborahmccartney5694]

Have a soft spot in my heart for Kingsport. My aunt and Uncle moved there from Virginia and every summer we visited for a week! Good times and sweet Memories forever in my Soul! ❤❤❤

[@chubs1701]

Great video Shane and Melody thanks for sharing 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@realappalachia]

Glad you enjoyed it, hope you’re doing well

[@lauraphillips3735]

My Aunt lives in Kingsport, I’m from Missouri. My Husband and I went to Pals, OMG chili burgers are the best!!!!!!!! Wish we had one

[@realappalachia]

So good!

[@bacoda58]

Thanks!

[@realappalachia]

Thank you so much!

[@clmar3431]

What a neat little city. Thanks for sharing.

[@realappalachia]

Thank you!

[@johnnymayo8534]

It is always a pleasure to see Ms. Melody! I did not realize that Kingsport was that big of a city!

[@realappalachia]

Yes, it is surprisingly large for the area. Melody says a big thanks to you

[@brendalane4228]

So glad you are back, especially with Melody and the "sleeping baby"!

[@realappalachia]

Thank you so much, we love getting to do them together as much as possible

[@impalaman4546]

Hey good to see you guys great video thanks 👍

[@realappalachia]

Thanks for watching!

[@hello9945]

Thank you Shane and Melody for another excellent video; we appreciate you!

[@realappalachia]

Thank you so much 😊

[@johnhipp604]

​what is her name

[@karencaddle7288]

Great video, Shane and Melody (and baby)! Thank you.

[@realappalachia]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you 🙏

[@chelseabrandy]

I was thinking of you guys just yesterday! I’m so glad to see another video. Thank you Shane and Melody. Your happy faces are a joy to see!

[@realappalachia]

Yay! Thank you! That made our night to read ❤️

[@robinhaupt9119]

Excellent video, thank you Melody and Shane.

[@realappalachia]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you so much 😊

[@judypierce7028]

I have been thinking about you both in recent days. Glad to see another video. Kingsport is a pretty awesome place. I have been in the city once and that was years ago. I was quite impressed with what I saw. It certainly has grown. Thank you for the awesome photographs and stories. Take care.

[@realappalachia]

Thank you so much, Judy, we just mentioned you the other day when coming across one of your (many) gifts. We hope you are being blessed during this time.

[@randyjennings2149]

Thank you for this look at my birthplace. We moved from there in '67 and a lot has changed. I've visited a few times over the years. In 2015 I even stayed a few days there even though I planned on staying in Bristol. I think I'd like to return there.

[@realappalachia]

I loved the years I lived in Kingsport too, great place

[@SavannahJaneMusic]

My grandma Janie always used to make us the purple cows with vanilla ice cream and grape juice!! I don’t know where she came up with the idea because she started making them in the 70’s!

[@chrisdingsdale7400]

Great video again guys! Always makes me want to visit😊

[@realappalachia]

Thank you so much 😊

[@sylvianolan2185]

Im Irish and living in Ireland, what strikes me about these videos is how quiet all these towns/ cities are. Do people not walk around town theses days? There doesn't appear to be a walking culture? Thank you

[@realappalachia]

That’s a great question. Oddly enough, Melody and I have been watching videos of Ireland and Scotland lately. Now that you mention it, we did see a lot more folks walking in those videos. Honestly, there really isn’t much of a walking culture these days in small towns. I can’t really say why but it’s pretty rare outside of tourist areas. Might explain some of the obesity issues.

[@kesmarn]

So good to see you, Melody! Thanks so much for a terrific video, you two. 🙂

[@realappalachia]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@kennethayers5624]

Italian village is awesome..The FT Henry mall used to a really cool place to go to in the 80's and 90's...Rumor is several new stores coming there..IMAX theater is coming

[@realappalachia]

I sure hope those rumors are true. I loved working in the mall

[@timandtammytime]

What a magnificent theatre marquee!

[@realappalachia]

Yes! Love it and hope it’s reopened someday

[@teresakryvenchuk6205]

I live here❤❤❤❤ I love it here.

[@realappalachia]

I loved my 5 years living there too

[@danalynch8889]

There is a street where I live called Church Street, it was named that for all the churches on it.

[@realappalachia]

There’s usually a lot of churches in these towns but they don’t normally bunch them all up like that so it’s interesting to see (and hear) it happening

[@Redstagwsmnp]

Kingsport, born here

[@realappalachia]

Great place!

[@MillerMeteor74]

We left New Jersey (unfortunately). We are now in Hopewell, VA, which is an independent city, not in any county, but surrounded by Prince George County. Nearby are the cities of Colonial Heights and Petersburg. They call the whole area the Tri-Cities. Hopewell's population is 23,000 and that of Colonial Heights is 18,000. I forget what Petersburg's population is, but it's bigger than the other two. At least we are closer to Appalachia now. It's not all that far to go west to the Blue Ridge Parkway or whatever. I have heard of Kingsport, TN, but only because the membership mailings for a car club I was in, were coming from there, 25 years ago or something.

[@realappalachia]

I’ve actually been to Hopewell not all that long ago, you are a good bit closer now

[@philbhm]

Kingsport is a treasure!

[@realappalachia]

Yes!

[@Pam-ew9xp]

The indian statue was Pratts BBQ most recently. Used to be a great place to eat. We've recently heard they closed.

[@bacoda58]

Wow...that is kinda a big place...

[@michaelspears266]

I heard that before Kingsport it was called the Boatyard and before that two small towns called, Christiansville and Rossville were combined to make Kings Port.

[@flyingsodwai1382]

Domtar is using some ancient settling ponds that have been unused for along time. It is apparently what's causing the stench and it is being worked on, but it is supposed to take a few years to get it under control. So I heard from a former employee.

[@realappalachia]

Shew it was almost as bad as the Bristol landfill. I hope they get it worked out

[@sabrinacopas1636]

I say 11 W without the accent 😂 (double u). My husband grew up in Lynn Garden, so he says it the way you do.. 😉

[@mepaulwestphal]

Hey! We’ve been there!

[@realappalachia]

Awesome!

[@022100bmlotus]

Of that area, (Tri Cities), what is the most affluent?

[@Commentleaver-c6x]

I don’t know, but Johnson City is mentioned in a Travis Tritt song so it’s the coolest.

[@realappalachia]

But Johnson City is also mentioned in Wagon Wheel and I’m sick of that song 😂😂. It’s pretty close between Kingsport and Johnson City I would think. Bristol has old money but not a lot going on. Johnson City has more variety and diversity of ways to make money. Kingsport has a lot of wealthy from the medical field and Eastman but the common citizen is mostly poor. My guess is that the correct answer would be JC. Most new people migrate there

[@022100bmlotus]

@@realappalachia Thank you for your time. Your videos reach a lot of people, there is a great migration happening to that area. Its all so beautiful, but...I bet there are some places even Ya'll don't wanna be too late in the day. I did just git an acre in Ashe county (wont say the state) Please don't make videos thar. :}

[@viking7560]

My adopted hometown!

[@realappalachia]

Great place!

[@musicmanhunter1]

if i remember correct the indian was a gun store early 70's

[@realappalachia]

I did not know that but makes sense

[@tasossaros8375]

Hey❤

[@realappalachia]

Hey!👋

[@navydogsadventures3500]

Do you all still have Texaco stations back there?

[@cathymarsh1782]

No

[@realappalachia]

Sadly I haven’t seen one

[@navydogsadventures3500]

@@realappalachia I miss Texaco gas.

[@christhomas7500]

Pratt's Bar B Q on Stone Drive is permanently closed.

[@Devon19631]

7 PALS in Kingsport. Pals Downtown; Pals Lynn Garden; Pals Stone Drive; Pals Colonial Heights; Pals Ft Henry Dr; Pals John B Dennis North & South. Did I get them all?

[@realappalachia]

Good Lord, you’re right. Shew, I’ve ate at every one of them too lol. Thank you.

[@LoJo62]

The “clown killer” I’ve heard that story… they owned “The Purple Cow” restaurant in Kingsport.

[@Sayres434]

Is there any Whiskey distilleries out there

[@realappalachia]

Good question, I’m really not sure

[@flyingsodwai1382]

You missed the turn off to Warriors Path State Park, right before Colonial Heights.

[@realappalachia]

Oh we didn’t miss it, that’s our next video lol

[@CrazyArt-r5e]

Im going to visit there soon. Haven’t been there in years. Lots of good restaurants and beautiful buildings and landscape. I’m excited to see all the upgrades. The people were always so nice. Thanks for this great video ❤

[@realappalachia]

You should! We loved our day there, was hard to choose the best food option bc we wanted several

[@flyingsodwai1382]

Purple Cow has kinda gone downhill. I can no longer recommend them.

[@realappalachia]

Oh no, hate to hear that

[@kathyroberts5870]

New Pal's on John B next to I 26 .

[@realappalachia]

Did not know that, added it to the hit list lol

[@williamkauffman-j9i]

I live in johnson city

[@harolddenton6031]

Too coincidental that last night on a TV murder show they were solving thw vase in South Florida where this same lady had dressed up as a clown delivering flowers and shot her current husband's previous wife. The show said that through forensic advancement testing procedures they tracked that lady down and arrested her at her house somewhere in Virginia. They did not say specifically where they arrested her 25 years later in virginia. Too wild that her and her husband owned that purple cow drive through restaurant in kingsport,tn. She had used a stolen vehicle and purchased flowers and 2 ballobs from a local South Florida grocery store. Then she drove over to her boyfrienfs house and murdered his wife who owned lots of properties that were sll in her name. So tgw motive was that he would inherit all of said properties when she died. There are too mant evil people living in our world.

[@breebw]

Right channel sound is very quiet in intro. Overall a bit subdued for rest of video. Not criticism, just feedback. I am deaf in one ear, so a bit challenging for me. Crab Orchard video was perfect.

[@realappalachia]

Thanks so much for the feedback, we’ve been working on using an AI audio editor but not perfected it yet. We’ll keep working on making it better

[@kathyroberts5870]

No Tennessee Eastman stinks too . They are my close neighbor .I remember the first time I smelled it ,I thought I'd die. The Indian used to be on Memorial Bvld. and they sold souvenirs. We met that daughter a while back because My Father in law had a print shop below the original building. The man that made that Indian his little girl used to :swim" in the water under his feet . It was moved to Pratts when Pratt's opened . Welcome to Kingsport.

[@realappalachia]

Thank you for that info. I’ve seen a photo of the Indian at a souvenir shop but wasn’t sure where it was located

[@harolddenton6031]

Domtar does indeed stick up kingsport,tn. They have water pools that contain wood pulp. Soon as you cross bays mountain on interstate 26 heading north you smell that awful pewtry sour smell. It is a very disgusting smell. I grew up playing soccer in kingsport back in the 1970's having to breathe in that nasty smelling air.

[@realappalachia]

Shew, I still remember the first time it hit my face

[@Bryan-ur9oi]

Can see my house and Pal Barger's house

[@EricStelzman]

Anybody here ever had Dr. Enuf?

[@jasong3652]

I tried it once and thought it was gross! I prefer Ski!

[@realappalachia]

Oh yes, I drank a cherry one yesterday oddly enough

[@tomhutchinson2223]

BIG PAL ADD SAUCE PEANUT BUTTER MILKSHAKES AT PALS

[@realappalachia]

Great stuff!

[@CindyWhopantsCarter3421]

$2.79 A GALLON I’m paying $4.49 WTH I gotta get out of this state

[@PaulGibson-f7x]

In the uk we are paying around £ 1.40 odd a litre for diesel

[@realappalachia]

Ouch!

[@LoJo62]

Love Bristol TN/VA… been there a few times. ❤️