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Episode 207: The Colorado River Compact, Part III: Hoover Will Run Up Against a Brick Wall
Episode 207
The Colorado River Compact had been signed by the commission delegates, but soon enough a whole new round of squabbling started in the individual sta…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 206: The Colorado River Compact, Part II: Upper Basin, Lower Basin
Episode 206
When the Colorado River Commission reached an impasse, Delph Carpenter proposed an idea. To get around the myriad of competing entrenched interests, …
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 205: The Colorado River Compact, Part 1: Stalemate
Episode 205
By 1922, everyone along the Colorado River agreed to get together and decide how to split up the water amicably. Unfortunately, their first attempt w…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 204: The League of the Southwest
Episode 204
Throughout the 1910s, states came together and fell apart as they all discussed differing visions for the use of the Colorado River. Finally, in 1920…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 203: Imperial Dreams
Episode 203
By the 1920s, everyone was thinking that it was time to tap the Colorado River for irrigation. However, before we cover that, I think we need to go o…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 202: The Mother of Highways
Episode 202
As automobiles grew more popular in the 1920s, Arizona suddenly had to invest a lot into building the infrastructure that would allow them to get aro…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 201: How to Build a Highway
Episode 201
Let’s take a trip down some dusty history by examining how Arizona went from a territory of wagon trails to a state of highways. Hint - it involves a…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 200
Episode 200
To celebrate 200 episodes of getting together to talk all things Arizona history, here’s a jumbo-sized episode where I take your suggestions for what…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 199: The Unsung Hero
Episode 199
With tourism exploding across Arizona in the 1920s, the state had to make sure its new visitors had some very nice places to stay … even if those pla…
1 year, 5 months ago
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1 year, 5 months ago