Episode 1: Where are we?
Episode 1: Where are we?
Arizona is a name that evokes images in everyone's minds, but where did that name come from? We explore the possible Spa... Read more
11 Feb 2020
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22mins
Episode 2: All the pretty rocks
Episode 2: All the pretty rocks
Arizona’s history wouldn’t be quite the same without the magnificent stage it plays out on. That’s why we need to answer... Read more
17 Feb 2020
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31mins
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Episode 3: Thorns and Stingers
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24 Feb 2020
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Episode 4: The first Arizonans
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Episode 5: A priest, a slave, and a conquistador walk into a state…
Episode 5: A priest, a slave, and a conquistador walk into a state…
No, this isn't the start of a joke. For Coronado and his expedition, the search for glory and gold in Arizona and New Me... Read more
9 Mar 2020
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41mins
Episode 6: Pay for it yourself
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Spanish North America was a costly, unproductive project. So you can perhaps forgive King Felipe II for telling a new wa... Read more
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Episode 7: The padre on horseback
Episode 7: The padre on horseback
The missions were a key part of Spanish rule along the North American frontier. And no one represents the missions in so... Read more
23 Mar 2020
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Episode 8: Captain Anza, or, meet the new bosses
Episode 8: Captain Anza, or, meet the new bosses
After the Spanish Habsburg dynasty gave way to the Spanish Bourbons, a young Basque man would immigrate to the New World... Read more
30 Mar 2020
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Episode 9: Tubac
Episode 9: Tubac
By the mid-1730s the first permanent residents in Arizona had begun to settle along the Santa Cruz River. Too bad what f... Read more
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Episode 10: California Dreamin’
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