Turns out Bond County, IL is interesting.

TourPods has 12 narrated audio stories about Bond County — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.

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Bond County

When Greenville Bet on Women’s Learning

A frontier town made higher education for women part of its identity.

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Bond County

Where Bond County Came to Do Business

How courthouse-town status made Greenville Bond County’s center of gravity.

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Greenville University

Where Bond County Kept Hearing Serious Music

How a small-campus music tradition shaped Bond County’s listening life.

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Greenville University

When Greenville Became a Christian Music Crossroads

A small Illinois town found a big place in early Christian music.

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Sorg Opera House

When Greenville Gathered Under One Roof

A small-town opera house that was really the town’s shared stage.

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Bond County

Before Illinois Had a Governor, It Had Bond County

How a frontier county came to bear Illinois’s first governor’s name.

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Bond County

From Greenville Law Office to National Ticket

How John M. Palmer’s Greenville start shaped a national political life.

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Bond County

Before Illinois, There Was Bond County

A frontier county arrived just before a brand-new state.

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Hill's Fort

When a Home Had to Stand Like a Fort

A log house that shows how early settlers built for shelter and survival.

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Bond County

Before the Presidency, Lincoln on the Circuit

How years on Illinois’s legal circuit helped shape Abraham Lincoln.

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Greenville Public Square Historic District

Where Greenville Learned to Meet Itself

A courthouse square where law, trade, and daily life shared one stage.

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DeMoulin Bros. and Co.

Where Parade Sparkle Learned to March

How a Greenville maker moved from lodge ritual to marching-band pageantry.

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