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Hedgehog Needlepoint – Asheville Retro Travel Tag

$80.00

(HH1-AVL),  3″ x 5″, 18 mesh

This canvas is stitch printed in the US

What does it all mean:
B – Biltmore Estate is the largest private residence in the country Column- representing the grandeur of the Bitmore estate.. it has 4 acres of
flooring alone!! B- Beer City, Asheville has the second highest number of craft breweries per
capita in the US B – Beliyak- the prone kayak was invented in Asheville
Orange Bellyak – see previous line.
B – Blue Ridge Mountains… the “blue” comes from a chemical called “isoprene” that the trees release into the atmosphere and creates the “blue
haze” B96 -Biltmore Forest School, founded in 1896 on lasd that is now part of the Piegan National Forest was the first forestry school in the country and
considered the birthplace of modern forestry. B- Blue Ridge Parkway connects the Great Smoky Mountains and the Shenandoah National Park (In Virginia)… many beautiful hikes and waterfalls
are located in and around Asheville.
Spruce/Fraser tree-representing the main trees living
F- French Broad River M – Asheville was originally called Morristown before it was changed to
Asheville in honor of NC Governor Samuel Ashe 5- Five #1 Box office hit movies have been filmed in Asheville- Last of the
Mohicans, The Fugitive, Patch Adams, Hannibal, Forrest Gump M – McCormick Field was build in 1924 and hosted among others, the
Asheville Blues of the Negro Southern League. Rail tracks – Asheville was one of the first cities to have electric street
railways
Cherokee – Asheville is the traditional home of the Cherokee tribe
F-Roberta Flack was born near Asheville in 1937 Scottish Flag – recognizing the significant influx of Scottish immigrants that settled in and around Asheville following the Jacobite Rebellion and the
Battle of Culloden (1746)
GA-Grove Arcade was part of Edwin Grove’s Battery Park redevelopment. F-Flat Iron Bilding built in 1925 also part of the above mentioned redevelopment. It is a contributing building to the Downtown Asheville
Histroic District. Red Star-representing (in tiny form) the illuminated Red Star on top of the
Flat Iron during the Christmas season.

 

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