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Episode 22: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Episode 22
Mexico once again puts its trust in Santa Anna, but in the end will find that half the country now belongs to their aggressive north neighbor. The on…
5 years, 9 months ago
Episode 21: The Mormon Battalion
Episode 21
War with Mexico has been declared, and with the conflict will come the first real advance of Americans into Arizona, including the longest infantry m…
5 years, 9 months ago
Episode 20: Casus belli
Episode 20
In which we bring everyone up to the brink of the Mexican-American War.
5 years, 9 months ago
Episode 19: Seesaw for survival
Episode 19
Revolting Papagos and Yaquis, continual back-and-forth over the Sonoran governorship, and fighting the Apaches without any supplies … yep, the last f…
5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 18: Uncompromising warfare
Episode 18
Tensions were tightening all around the Pimería Alta in the late 1830s. And political turmoil on both the local and nation level did nothing to help …
5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 17: Neither a horse nor gun
Episode 17
In the early 1830s, Tucson and Tubac learned that when no one has any supplies, it makes it incredibly hard to protect yourself.
5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 16: Life goes on ... for now
Episode 16
The Beatles were right, life does go on … that is until your supplies dwindle, Apaches begin raiding more extensively and your land is invaded by bea…
5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 15: Mexico's problem
Episode 15
Political instability, economic woes, collapsing societal structures, Apache raids, an aggressive neighbor … post-independence Mexico has it all. And…
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 14: Isolated independence
Episode 14
In which we learn that one great lesson of history: You cannot trust Napoleon
5 years, 11 months ago
Episode 13: The end/beginning of an era
Episode 13
With Spain’s peace by purchase policy now firmly in place, things started changing in future Arizona. The last decades of Spanish rule were marked by…
5 years, 11 months ago