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Hot Springs: A Strange Attraction Secluded in Western NC

September 26, 2019 by Michael E. Gouge

Something about the secluded valley draws them here, as it has for millennia, to the confluence of Spring Creek and the French Broad River, to where a rare hot spring emerges from the earth and ancient man painted symbols on rocky cliffs, to where paws, hoofs and feet formed the great Appalachian Trail. Some locals half-jokingly refer to it as “the vortex,” and today’s … [Read more...] about Hot Springs: A Strange Attraction Secluded in Western NC

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