AZ: The History of Arizona podcast

by David Rookhuyzen

A podcast tracing the history, events, people and places that made the Grand Canyon State.

Episodes

Episode 158: Carlisle of the West

28m · Published 13 Nov 05:00

In 1893, the Phoenix Indian School set up its outing system, directly inspired by Pratt’s program at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The Phoenix system was destined to become the second largest in the nation, but from the beginning it was a very different animal than Pratt’s.

Episode 157: Forced Assimilation

28m · Published 06 Nov 05:00

Amerindian students who were forced to attend the Phoenix Indian School at the turn of the 20th century found themselves in a hostile alien environment that took a toll mentally, emotionally, and physically.

Episode 156: Peaceably If They Will, Forcibly If They Must

31m · Published 30 Oct 04:00

In 1880s, the U.S. government embarked on a course of cultural genocide against the Amerindians. Their weapon of choice of was a rigorous education system and one of their many battlegrounds turned out to be Phoenix.

Episode 155: Mexican or Mexican

33m · Published 16 Oct 04:00

As economic and political forces transformed the border, new social dynamics began to emerge. This meant anything from a spirit of binational cooperation to an “us versus them” mentality, which fell along both ethnic and class lines. We now need to examine the two different things Arizonans meant when they said “Mexican.”

Episode 154: Along the Border

30m · Published 09 Oct 05:30

The economic forces transforming Sonora and the rest of northern Mexico also created complex issues that we still grapple with today and something integral to the state - border towns.

Episode 153: The Yankees of Mexico

31m · Published 02 Oct 04:00

In 1876 a new regime came to power in Mexico that aimed to industrialize by inviting American businesses to invest in the country. Up in Sonora, that meant an increase in three things: Railroads, mining, and American influence.

Episode 152: Those Old Yellow Dogs Days

33m · Published 11 Sep 04:00

Arizona’s frontier journalists really were a group of dogs trying to snatch up the same bone. And when the other dogs got too close to that bone, they were liable to bite.

Episode 151: A Perilous, Precarious, and Thankless Task

31m · Published 04 Sep 04:00

Frontier newspaper editors had a flare for being bombastic and optimistic. However, the reality was that newspaper work was a grind and not one that paid well at that.

Episode 150: Arizona’s Fourth Estate

31m · Published 28 Aug 03:54

Witnessing all the key events happening in the history of Arizona were territorial newspapers; small, often political journals that had their hey day in the late 1800s.

Episode 149: Baca Float No. 3

31m · Published 21 Aug 04:00

As the 19th century turned into the 20th century, it was time to settle some long-standing questions of land ownership that dated back to the beginning of this podcast. Unfortunately, this would lead to one of the most bitter land decisions in Arizona’s history - Baca Float No. 3.

AZ: The History of Arizona podcast has 182 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 92:10:33. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 22nd 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 16th, 2024 09:40.