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Buncombe Turnpike

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Completed in 1827 from Saluda Gap to Buncombe County Court House and along the French Broad River by way of Barnard's and Warm Springs to the Tennessee line, the Buncombe Turnpike served as the major trade route through the mountains of western North Carolina until 1882.
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