Turns out Cross County, AR is interesting.

TourPods has 11 narrated audio stories about Cross 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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Cross County

When the County Seat Left Vanndale

How railroads shifted power from Vanndale to Wynne in Cross County.

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Cross County

Where the Tracks Made a County Seat

How a railroad junction turned Wynne into Cross County’s center of gravity.

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Village Creek State Park

Where the New Deal Met Crowley’s Ridge

How Depression-era work helped shape a public playground on Crowley’s Ridge.

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Wynne Armory

Where Readiness Met Main Street

A military building that also became a town room in Wynne.

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Wynne Commercial Historic District

Brick by Brick, Wynne’s Boom Years

How railroad commerce turned downtown Wynne into a lasting brick-built record of growth.

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Village Creek State Park

Where Crowley’s Ridge Refuses to Flatten

A story of high ground, old routes, and a park shaped by the ridge.

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Parkin Archeological State Park

The Town Behind the Palisade

A Mississippian river town, preserved in earth, postholes, and memory.

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Cross County Courthouse

When Wynne Built Its Public Face

How a courthouse gave county government a permanent, formal home in Wynne.

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Cross County

Where the River Turned a Tiny Town Strategic

How a small St. Francis landing became a Civil War target.

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Parkin Archeological State Park

Where Casqui Might Be

At Parkin, the most interesting answer is also the most careful one.

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Cross County

Drawing a County in Wartime Arkansas

A county line story etched through the Civil War.

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