The stories of Rockingham County, NC
8 narrated audio stories from across Rockingham County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Chinqua-Penn Plantation
A Tobacco Fortune in Garden Form
How the Penns turned wealth into a carefully staged country estate near Reidsville.
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How Rockingham Got Its Name
A county born from Guilford and named for a distant British statesman.
Chinqua-Penn Plantation
The House That Outlived Its First Life
How Chinqua-Penn became famous, faded, and kept demanding to be saved.
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Where Rockingham County Kept Its Center
How a small place held county power as bigger towns grew.
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Before Radio, Charlie Poole Broke Through
A mill-town banjo player turns a regional sound into national music.
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After the Fire, the Courtroom
A family tragedy becomes a long reckoning in Wood County.
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Charlie Poole’s Mill-Town Beat
How Spray helped shape a banjo sound that traveled far beyond North Carolina.
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When a House Fire Became a Murder Plot
A family tragedy in Texas that quickly turned into a murder-for-hire case.
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