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Episode 188: The Punitive Expedition
Episode 188
In 1916, Pancho Villa made the rash move of attacking the U.S. in order to get back into the revolutionary game. All this got him was a swift reprisa…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 187: The Mexican Robin Hood
Episode 187
The second phase of the Mexican Revolution kicked off in 1913 after the death of President Francisco Madero. This meant a stronger - though still woe…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 186: ¡Viva La Revolución!
Episode 186
In 1910, Mexico suddenly erupted in violence and chaos. Though it was (mostly) an internal rebellion, it definitely impacted the communities sitting …
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 185: The Historian
Episode 185
The time has finally come to carry out my threat to do a whole episode about early state historian James H. McClintock, plus two other state historia…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 184: The Bisbee Deportation, Part VIII: The Copper Collar
Episode 184
The saga of the Bisbee Deportation comes to an end. By 1920 everyone behind the illegal measure had gotten off scot free and by 1925 the Wobblies as …
1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 183: The Bisbee Deportation, Part VII: Regardless of Law
Episode 183
Following the immediate aftermath of the Bisbee Deportation, we move into the weeks and months that followed and the response on a national level. It…
1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 182: The Bisbee Deportation, Part VI: A Black Eye for Arizona
Episode 182
In the aftermath of the Bisbee Deportation, the exiled men demanded help returning home, but were mostly met with apathy from officials. Meanwhile, B…
1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 181: The Bisbee Deportation, Part V: The Wobblies Are Not Coming Back
Episode 181
After rounding up a couple thousand of their neighbors and acquaintances during the morning of July 12, 1917, the citizens of Bisbee held them at a l…
1 year, 10 months ago
Episode 180: The Bisbee Deportation, Part IV: The Loyalty League Call
Episode 180
On the evening of July 11, 1917, a group of roughly 100 men gathered at the Phelps Dodge medical dispensary to discuss what to do about striking mine…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 179: The Bisbee Deportation, Part III: The Jerome Deportation
Episode 179
Just two days before the eruption of the major historical set piece that is the Bisbee Deportation, a dress rehearsal of sorts was occurring in Jerom…
1 year, 11 months ago