AZ: The History of Arizona Podcast
1) Episode 237: Prisoners of War
Starting in 1943, thousands of German and Italian POWs were shipped to Arizona. They would leave a mostly honorable legacy while the Sonoran Desert and the mountains of Flagstaff would leave a lasting...Show More
2) Episode 236: The Thanksgiving Day Riot
World War II had the effect of making Fort Huachuca into a a central gathering place for Black men and women serving in the U.S. Army. Their experience ran parallel with their white counterparts, exce...Show More
3) Episode 235: Like Dandelions on a Green Lawn
After Pearl Harbor, the military turned Arizona into one giant training ground. And many of the soldiers who funnel through the state chose to stay in the desert, chaining the course of Arizona histor...Show More
4) Episode 234: I Held History in My Hand
Most people connect Pearl Harbor to the USS Arizona that sunk beneath the waves on December 7, 1941. But in the months following the surprise attack, Arizona would have a surprising connection to thos...Show More
5) Episode 233: The Machita Incident
Though it was probably not on his mind at all, Adolph Hitler changed the course of Arizona’s history when he invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. One ramification that would unfold a year and a half l...Show More
6) Episode 232: Admiral of the Arizona Navy
In 1934, Arizona’s hostility toward California and its water demands reached it zenith, culminating in the governor sending troops and a “navy,” to stop that most heinous of things - a dam across the ...Show More
7) Episode 231: Everyone and Their Dog
The Hoover Dam would be finished two years early, but that feat took a lot of planning, coordination, and sacrifice - and a heavy toll on the men building the project.
8) Episode 230: Ragtown
It’s time to talk about water once again. In this case, we discuss all the preparation that went into one of the biggest public works projects of the 1930s that just so happens to sit between Arizona ...Show More
9) Episode 229: To You We Will Our Fighting Hearts
The U.S. Army started to reorganize and consolidate in the 1920s. At Fort Huachuca this meant an end to its time hosting not only the 10th Cavalry and 25th Infantry Buffalo Soldiers, but the last rema...Show More
10) Episode 228: This Uniform Means the Same Thing a White Man’s Does
When they weren’t patrolling the border or invading Mexico, the Buffalo Soldiers had lives filled with Army drills, band concerts, baseball games, dances with eligible women and, oh yeah, all kinds of...Show More