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Episode 12: Peace by purchase
Episode 12
In 1793, a group of Apaches were at the gates of Tucson. Their arrival represented the new normal for the Pimería Alta, which managed to achieve some…
6 years ago
Episode 11: The presidios
Episode 11
In the 1770s, the Spanish crown instituted a massive reorganization of how it oversaw the frontier in North America. Meanwhile, Garcés finally realiz…
6 years ago
Episode 10: California Dreamin'
Episode 10
In which Juan Bautista de Anza and hundreds of colonists went for a walk to San Francisco on a winter’s day. Plus, it turns out it wasn’t all safe an…
6 years ago
Episode 9: Tubac
Episode 9
By the mid-1730s the first permanent residents in Arizona had begun to settle along the Santa Cruz River. Too bad what followed was more than 20 year…
6 years ago
Episode 8: Captain Anza, or, meet the new bosses
Episode 8
After the Spanish Habsburg dynasty gave way to the Spanish Bourbons, a young Basque man would immigrate to the New World, where he would quickly show…
6 years ago
Episode 7: The padre on horseback
Episode 7
The missions were a key part of Spanish rule along the North American frontier. And no one represents the missions in southern Arizona like math-stud…
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 6: Pay for it yourself
Episode 6
Spanish North America was a costly, unproductive project. So you can perhaps forgive King Felipe II for telling a new wave of explorers to keep their…
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 5: A priest, a slave and a conquistador walking into a state...
Episode 5
No, this isn't the start of a joke. For Coronado and his expedition, the search for glory and gold in Arizona and New Mexico turned out to be no laug…
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 4: The first Arizonans
Episode 4
At some point, humans entered North America. And the ones that made Arizona their home produced marvels that still capture the imagination today.
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 3: Thorns and stingers
Episode 3
From the outside, Arizona - with its venomous snakes, scorpions and lizards; barbed cactus and spiked trees; and imposing geography - looked primed t…
6 years, 2 months ago