Turns out Perry County, OH is interesting.
TourPods has 8 narrated audio stories about Perry County — the hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore of its streets, told like a podcast about wherever you're standing.
New Straitsville Mine Fire
The Fire Beneath New Straitsville
How an unresolved accusation kept burning with the coal.
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
A Big Church for a Small Ohio Village
How Somerset’s Catholic community built a church to match its faith.
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Where the Frontier Became a Catholic Center
How missionaries and settlers made Somerset an early Catholic stronghold in Ohio.
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Where Coal Country Learned to Run on Moonshine
In New Straitsville, coal hardship helped forge a bootlegging identity.
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From Somerset to the Union High Command
A boy who grew up in Somerset rose to the top of the Union Army.
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The Boyhood That Pointed to a General
How Somerset shaped Philip Sheridan’s rise to national fame.
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A County Born With a Hero’s Name
How Perry County took shape and took its name in 1818.
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A County Named for a Victory
How Perry County carries the War of 1812 into everyday Ohio.
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