{"id":482,"date":"2016-01-30T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=156"},"modified":"2022-05-14T20:34:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T00:34:11","slug":"the-state-of-franklin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"The State of Franklin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this episode of Stories, Steve tells the story of the state that might have been, the State of Franklin.<\/p>\n<p>Consisting of the current East Tennessee counties of Washington, Sullivan, Greene, Unicoi, Carter, Johnson, Hawkins, Hancock, Cocke and Sevier, the state was one of two mountain areas that declared their independence, the other being Vermont. <\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the Stories podcast on your favorite podcast app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1835\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-482-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746994\/download.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746994\/download.mp3\">https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746994\/download.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746994\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?powerpress_pinw=482-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746994\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"download.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this episode of Stories, Steve tells the story of the state that might have been, the State of Franklin. 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