The Taming of South Holston River

"The Taming of South Holston River" is a photo-realistic depiction of Sullivan County’s Friendship community school site swallowed by water as the r...
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"The Taming of South Holston River" is a photo-realistic depiction of Sullivan County’s Friendship community school site swallowed by water as the reservoir was completed in 1950. To prevent flooding and to produce electricity, the South fork of the Holston River, which cut past little homes and farms in Sullivan County, Tennessee, landed on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s to-be-tamed list by 1941. Work began on a giant dam in 1942.

This creative art piece is filled with little clues, hinting at the region and nature of the community’s people. The fiddle in the foreground, and more surprisingly, the mountain silhouette of a guitar, embody the musical heritage Sullivan County's Bristol, Tennessee is known for.
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