Turns out Wayne County, IL is interesting.
TourPods has 7 narrated audio stories about Wayne 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 Greenback Politics Reached Congress from Fairfield
A Fairfield lawyer carried farm-debt politics into Washington for one brief term.
Wayne County Courthouse
How Fairfield’s Courthouse Took the Square
A county’s decision to build a courthouse that could carry its civic life.
Wayne County Courthouse
Where Fairfield Comes to Its Center
How a courthouse square made Fairfield Wayne County’s civic and commercial heart.
Fairfield Carnegie Library
When a Small Town Built Itself a Library
How Fairfield turned Carnegie money into local civic ambition.
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When Wayne County Got Its Own Name
A frontier county is born from distance, paperwork, and settlement.
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From Fairfield to the Statehouse Bench
How one Fairfield lawyer rode local power into Illinois politics and the high court.
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The General Who Never Lived Here
How Wayne County got the name of a long-dead war hero.
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