Turns out Franklin County, KS is interesting.
TourPods has 8 narrated audio stories about Franklin County — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
Franklin County
Where the Swans’ Marsh Built a County
How a river corridor shaped travel, farming, and Ottawa itself.
Pottawatomie Baptist Mission
Where Removal, Mission, and Town Met
A mission site that became a crossroads of Native, Baptist, and town history.
Ottawa University
A University Built on Ottawa Generosity
The school’s beginning was a shared act of tribal support and Baptist organizing.
Franklin County
When Summer in Ottawa Came With a Program
How Chautauqua turned Ottawa’s summer into a season of speakers and song.
Franklin County
When the River Came Calling
How Franklin County learned to live with a lovely, dangerous river.
Ottawa University
Where Ottawa Keeps Time in Song
How a Kansas campus became a steady musical presence for town and school.
Old Castle Museum
Old Castle, Many Lives
A former mission became a museum holding Native and settler history together.
Franklin County
Where Ottawa Began
A missionary, a displaced people, and the beginnings of a town.
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