Broad River

In the aftermath, buildings, railroad cars, and trees lining the French Broad River in the town’s center were completely turned upside down.

It’s laced with creeks and a broad river that bears its name.

The first, in 1981, was “Murder at Broad River Bridge: The Slaying of Lemuel Penn by Members of the Ku Klux Klan,” an account of Penn’s 1964 death.

The flooding of land downstream has forced it to evacuate troops as well as civilians eastwards, away from Kherson and the banks of the broad River Dnipro.

Two miles south of downtown Asheville and along the French Broad River, the River Arts District is home to some 200 working artists who came here for the affordable warehouse spaces, not to mention the coffee shops, bakeries, and breweries.