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4. I will never forget one road trip with my parents when I was a kid

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 02:43 AM

Oct 2014

As we drove down part of the Carolina Blue Ridge, we started to see signs for French Broad Towing, French Broad Coal, the French Broad Market. When we got to the French Broad Motel, my mother finally asked what the hell was going on there, who the hell this French broad was.

When we crossed the labeled river half an hour later, it finally became clear.

I just wonder if the original white settlers who renamed that river had any idea...

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