Turns out Gregg County, TX is interesting.
TourPods has 8 narrated audio stories about Gregg County — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
Gregg County
How Bodacious Put Longview on the Barbecue Map
A Longview-born barbecue name spread East Texas miles beyond its hometown.
Gregg County Courthouse
When Oil Money Recast the County Seat
How a 1932 courthouse announced Gregg County’s oil-boom ambitions.
World's Richest Acre Park
A City Block That Drilled for Glory
How one Kilgore block became oil boom legend
Gregg County
From Longview Smokehouse to East Texas Name
How Bodacious grew from one Longview restaurant into a regional barbecue identity.
Gregg County
From Longview to the Left Tackle Summit
How Trent Williams rose from Longview High to NFL greatness.
Gregg County
From Longview to a Larger Stage
A Longview birth becomes the first note in Forest Whitaker’s remarkable career.
Gregg County
The Well That Went Deeper
How one East Texas well turned persistence into a boom.
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When Oil Upended Gregg County
A quiet farming region became a roaring oil empire almost overnight.
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