Turns out Ashe County, NC is interesting.
TourPods has 11 narrated audio stories about Ashe County — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
Ashe County
High on a Mountain, Far From Home
How Ola Belle Reed carried Ashe County music beyond the mountains.
Mount Jefferson State Natural Area
From Landmark to Lookout on Mount Jefferson
How a mountain above Ashe County became a public view for everyone.
Ashe County Veterans Memorial
Where a County Keeps Its Promise
A small county memorial turns distant wars into local memory.
Ashe County
Before the Highways, They Followed the River
How the New River quietly organized life in Ashe County.
Ashe County
Fresco in the High Country
How Ben Long brought true fresco from Italy to Ashe County churches.
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Where Ashe County Learned to Gather
How Jefferson became the county’s small but essential center of public life.
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When North Carolina Put Ashe on the Map
How Samuel Ashe’s public life became a county name while he was still alive.
Ashe County
When a Mountain County Took Shape
A new county emerged as settlement pressed into North Carolina's rugged northwest.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
A Mountain Church and Its Second Life in Fresco
How a small 1902 church became a major cultural draw through sacred art.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
How a Mountain Church Became the Church of the Frescoes
A small Ashe County church found fame through Ben Long’s frescoes.
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When the War Rode Into Ashe County
How a cavalry raid brought the Civil War to mountain doorsteps.
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