Turns out Clay County, NC is interesting.

TourPods has 10 narrated audio stories about Clay 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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Hayesville Historic District

Where Hayesville Kept Its Everyday History

A walk through the buildings that made Clay County’s center.

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Clay County

Where the Trail of Tears Became Local

Fort Hembree ties a vast tragedy to one mountain place.

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Clay County

Where Removal Became Real

A mountain stockade that turned federal policy into human confinement.

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Clay County

Where Removal Became Real

How federal Cherokee removal reached the valleys near present-day Clay County.

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Lake Chatuge

Before the Postcard, a Valley

Lake Chatuge’s beauty began with a hard remaking of settled land.

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Clay County

A County Born in a Year of Division

How a mountain border county took shape in 1861.

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Clay County

Where Clay County Came to a Center

How a mountain crossroads became Clay County’s civic heart.

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Spikebuck Mound and Village Site

Before Clay County, the Valley Remembered

An earthen mound reveals a much older Hiwassee Valley story.

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Chatuge Dam

When the Hiwassee Became Lake Chatuge

A wartime dam turned a river valley into a lasting mountain lake.

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John C. Campbell Folk School

A School Built to Keep Life in the Learning

How two founders made adult education practical, social, and deeply rooted in Appalachia.

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