The stories of Surry County, VA
8 narrated audio stories from across Surry County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Chippokes Plantation State Park
Four Centuries in the Furrows
A plantation landscape where farming, labor, and memory never really stopped.
Chippokes Plantation State Park
Where the Fields Never Really Stopped
A plantation landscape reveals how farm work shaped life along the James.
Surry County
Across the River, a Memory of Rolfe
How John Rolfe’s story lingers in Surry County.
Chippokes Plantation State Park
From Powell’s Grant to a Tidewater Landmark
How an early land grant became a long-lived plantation landscape on the James.
Smith's Fort Plantation
Across the River, John Smith’s Shadow
A river crossing, a remembered fort, and the shape of early Virginia.
Bacon's Castle
The House That Kept the Wrong Name
A brick house named for a brief rebellion, not its builder.
Bacon's Castle
The House Bacon Never Had to Sleep In
A rebellion gave an older house a louder name.
Bacon's Castle
The House Bacon Didn’t Build
A Virginia landmark whose name hides its real story.
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