The stories of Swain County, NC
8 narrated audio stories from across Swain County — hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.
Fryemont Inn
Built to Sell the Mountains
How a Bryson City inn turned rustic design into a Smoky Mountains promise.
Swain County Courthouse
When Swain County Built in Stone and Symmetry
A courthouse designed to make county government look permanent.
Fontana Dam
The Dam That Fed a Wartime Hunger for Power
A wartime dam, a lake, and the human cost of urgency.
Fontana Dam
The Wall That Remade the Little Tennessee
How wartime engineering transformed a mountain river into Fontana Lake.
Swain County
A County Drawn from Mountains and Memory
How Swain County was formed, named, and forever reshaped.
Swain County
When Charleston Became Bryson City
A mountain town renamed itself as the railroad remade its future.
Fontana Dam
The Lake That Turned Into a Political Argument
How a wartime dam left Swain County arguing with Washington for generations.
Swain County
The Road That Stopped at a Tunnel
A flooded highway, a broken promise, and a settlement decades later.
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