The French Broad – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures The French Broad in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
The French Broad
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The French Broad is one of the oldest rivers in North America, and geologists believe it cut its course before the surrounding mountains rose, which lets it run straight through gaps in the Blue Ridge rather than around them. It flows north through the Asheville area and into Tennessee, where it joins the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. Its name is thought to date to the 1700s, when French traders and explorers worked the region, and the broad, slow-moving stretches around Asheville made it a natural route for travelers, mill builders and early settlers. Views of the river often show how the valley's farms and small towns grew up along its banks.
| Original scan | 2,550 × 3,509 px · prints to 8 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 133 NC The French Broad |
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