The stories of Franklin County, KY
8 narrated audio stories from across Franklin County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Kentucky State Capitol
Under the Dome in Frankfort
How Kentucky gave its long-serving capital a grander public face.
Old State Capitol
When Frankfort Got Its Grown-Up Capitol
How Gideon Shryock gave Kentucky a capital worthy of statehood
Old State Capitol
A Capitol Built to Look the Part
How Kentucky rebuilt power in Greek Revival stone.
Franklin County
From Frankfort to the Footlights
A hometown origin story for a major American theater talent.
Franklin County
How Frankfort Became a Painted Landscape
Paul Sawyier turned familiar Kentucky scenery into lasting art.
Kentucky State Capitol
A Capitol Built Beyond a Political Wound
How Kentucky’s newer capitol helped answer an old political trauma.
Old State Capitol
When Kentucky’s Capitol Became a Crime Scene
A bitter election, a shooting, and a capitol thrust into scandal.
Old State Capitol
When Lafayette Helped Raise Kentucky’s Capitol
A celebrity visit turned a new capitol into Revolutionary memory made stone.
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