Turns out Carbon County, PA is interesting.
TourPods has 8 narrated audio stories about Carbon County — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
Carbon County
Black Thursday at Mauch Chunk
How coal-country fear, power, and doubt converged at the Carbon County jail.
Carbon County
Before a Town Took His Name
How Jim Thorpe’s Olympic sweep made him world famous.
Carbon County
Gowen in the Dock
How one railroad titan turned coal-region trials into a public showdown
Asa Packer Mansion
The House the Family Didn’t Empty
How a family’s restraint preserved a rare Gilded Age interior in Carbon County.
Carbon County
How the Lehigh Turned Coal Into Power
A river, a mountain, and the system that remade Carbon County.
Carbon County
How Coal Made Mauch Chunk Boom
A river town rises with anthracite, rail, and ambition.
Carbon County
Jim Thorpe and the Birth of Pro Football
A star athlete helps early pro football find its footing.
Asa Packer Mansion Museum
A Mansion Above Town, A Message to Mauch Chunk
How Asa Packer turned a hilltop house into a public statement.
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