AZ: The History of Arizona podcast

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Episode 157: Forced Assimilation Nov 06, 2023

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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 Oct 30, 2023

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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 Oct 16, 2023

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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 Oct 09, 2023

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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 Oct 02, 2023

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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 Sep 11, 2023

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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 Sep 04, 2023

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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 Aug 28, 2023

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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 Aug 21, 2023

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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.

Episode 148: The Arizona Rangers, Part II: Merely in a Day’s Work Aug 14, 2023

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The first Arizona Rangers accomplished a lot during their short existence: curbing cattle rusting, hunting down fugitives, getting involved with strikes, and cooperating with Mexican law enforcement. But though the territory disbanded them after only eight years, it turns out that the Ranger legacy would never truly die.

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