Turns out Watauga County, NC is interesting.
TourPods has 8 narrated audio stories about Watauga 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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When the Mountains Drew the County Lines
How hard terrain helped create Watauga County in 1849.
Appalachian Theatre of the High Country
Boone’s Marquee Second Act
A downtown movie house survives because a town refused to lose it.
Jones House Cultural Center
From Family Home to Boone’s Front Porch
A downtown house that traded private rooms for public life.
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The Sound of Family in Deep Gap
How Doc and Merle Watson made family music Watauga County’s calling card.
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How Boone Became Boone
A mountain town named for memory, then built by public life.
Mast General Store
The Store That Outlasted the Road
How a mountain barter store became a landmark by surviving change.
Mast General Store
From Cradles to Caskets
How a mountain store became Valle Crucis’s enduring front porch.
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From Deep Gap to the World
How Doc Watson carried mountain music far beyond Watauga County.
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