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Episode 187: The Mexican Robin Hood Jul 29, 2024

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The second phase of the Mexican Revolution kicked off in 1913 after the death of President Francisco Madero. This meant a stronger - though still woefully deficient - presence of troops along the Arizona border and the rise of a certain famous bandit turned revolutionary.

186: ¡Viva La Revolución! Jul 22, 2024

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In 1910, Mexico suddenly erupted in violence and chaos. Though it was (mostly) an internal rebellion, it definitely impacted the communities sitting just across the international boundary line.

Episode 185: The Historian Jul 15, 2024

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The time has finally come to carry out my threat to do a whole episode about early state historian James H. McClintock, plus two other state historians, just for good measure.

Episode 184: The Bisbee Deportation, Part VIII: The Copper Collar Jun 24, 2024

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The saga of the Bisbee Deportation comes to an end. By 1920 everyone behind the illegal measure had gotten off scot free and by 1925 the Wobblies as an organization were pretty much dead. For all intents and purposes, Arizona was now in the hands of the copper companies.

Episode 183: The Bisbee Deportation, Part VII: Regardless of Law Jun 17, 2024

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Following the immediate aftermath of the Bisbee Deportation, we move into the weeks and months that followed and the response on a national level. It turned out to be just as anemic and apathetic as the local level.

Episode 182: The Bisbee Deportation, Part VI: A Black Eye for Arizona Jun 10, 2024

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In the aftermath of the Bisbee Deportation, the exiled men demanded help returning home, but were mostly met with apathy from officials. Meanwhile, Bisbee itself went into something of a paranoia-fueled lockdown.

Episode 181: The Bisbee Deportation, Part V: The Wobblies Are Not Coming Back Jun 03, 2024

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After rounding up a couple thousand of their neighbors and acquaintances during the morning of July 12, 1917, the citizens of Bisbee held them at a local ballpark before stuffing the majority into the cattle cars of an eastbound train. About 15 hours later, the deported men founxd themselves abandoned, cold, thirty and starving in the middle of New Mexico.

Episode 180: The Bisbee Deportation, Part IV: The Loyalty League Call May 27, 2024

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On the evening of July 11, 1917, a group of roughly 100 men gathered at the Phelps Dodge medical dispensary to discuss what to do about striking miners in town. At 6:30 a.m. on July 12, these men and 1,900 more began a systematic program of arrests, beatings and thefts to round up any and all undesirables - whether they were participating in the strike or not.

Episode 179: The Bisbee Deportation, Part III: The Jerome Deportation May 20, 2024

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Just two days before the eruption of the major historical set piece that is the Bisbee Deportation, a dress rehearsal of sorts was occurring in Jerome. And this smaller instance of vigilantism would show the copper companies exactly how much they could get away it.

Episode 178: The Bisbee Deportation, Part II: The Bisbee Citizens’ Protective League May 13, 2024

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In a fit of passion, the IWW decided to launch a strike in Bisbee in June 1917. Unfortunately, this just set up the dominoes perfectly for the copper companies to prepare their counterattack.

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