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Episode 238: The Great Papago Escape, Part 1: The Tunnel
Episode 238
Starting in 1943, 3,000 German prisoners of war, mostly naval men, would be held in a POW camp at Papago Park. In 1944, 28 of those deemed to be troublemakers discovered a blindspot in their compound…
Published on 5 hours ago
Episode 237: Prisoners of War
Episode 237
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 lastin…
Published on 1 week ago
Episode 236: The Thanksgiving Day Riot
Episode 236
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, exc…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Episode 235: Like Dandelions on a Green Lawn
Episode 235
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 histo…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Episode 234: I Held History in My Hand
Episode 234
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 tho…
Published on 1 month ago
Episode 233: The Machita Incident
Episode 233
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 …
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Episode 223: Admiral of the Arizona Navy
Episode 232
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…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Episode 231: Everyone And Their Dog
Episode 231
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.
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Episode 230: Ragtown
Episode 230
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…
Published on 2 months ago
Episode 229: To You We Will Our Fighting Hearts
Episode 229
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 rem…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago