AZ: The History of Arizona podcast

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**AZ: The History of Arizona podcast**

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

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Episode 60: Tread softly May 31, 2021

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Few stories in all of Arizona history are as tragic as that of the Pennington family.

Episode 59: This is your life May 24, 2021

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In which we explore the life, times, and legacies of five prominent Arizonans.

Episode 58: We must live in bad places May 17, 2021

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To wrap up the 1860s, we watch as the walls start closing in on Cochise.

Episode 57: A tale of two cities May 10, 2021

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Tucson becomes Arizona’s capitol, and it’s finally time to talk about the founding of Phoenix. For that we need to revisit the ex-Confederate who founded it, and introduce the eccentric Englishman who named it.

Episode 56: The Hualapai War May 03, 2021

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In 1866, a brutal conflict between American settlers and Amerindians would break out. Believe it or not, this conflict would not involve the Apache. But that didn’t make the short Hualapai War any less bloody.

Episode 55: The pyramid on the hill Apr 26, 2021

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Political offices change hands, Arizona clashes with other states over territory, and Charles Poston sets out on the path to his grave on top that hill north of Florence.

Episode 54: A quick look around Apr 19, 2021

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With the Civil War over, it’s time to see what life on the frontier was really like. Turns out it was full of desperadoes, 19th century racism, Amerindian tribes both friendly and hostile, and even the Spirit of Christmas?

Episode 53: The Arizona Volunteers Apr 12, 2021

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Arizona organizes native companies to take the fight to the Apache … too bad they were unpaid, under-supplied, and only existed for a year. Otherwise, they may have done something about that wily fox, Cochise.

Episode 52: Mustering out Apr 05, 2021

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We finally bring the Civil War in Arizona, while also looking at French trouble south of the border and the, uh, exploits of Indian figure King S. Woolsey.

Episode 51: A good code of laws Mar 29, 2021

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Arizona’s first territorial legislature was busy, tackling issues such as Indian affairs, counties, education, transportation and the thorniest issue of all - divorce.

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