Episode 267: See and Be Seen
AZ: The History of Arizona podcast

Episode 267: See and Be Seen

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 17, 202631 min

In 1956, two planes collided midair over the Grand Canyon. This tragedy and the 128 people lost would change commercial air travel in the United States forever.

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relay these little nuggets about how Arizona history impacts the rest of the United States

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I think that one of the best things about doing this podcast is I occasionally get to relay these little nuggets about how Arizona history impacts the rest of the United States or even sometimes the world. So things like how the westernmost battle of the Civil War happened right here in Arizona

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at Picacho Peak. And even if you narrow in on the westernmost shots fired in anger because of the Civil War, yep, those two happened in Arizona at the Goldfield community of La Paz. Or how a good chunk of Teddy Roosevelt's famous Rough Riders charging up San Juan

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Hill were recruited out of Arizona and originally came together in Prescott. Or there is the fact that Pluto, everyone's favorite demoted dwarf planet, was discovered up at Flagstaff's low observatory. That's not to mention the stuff we still haven't covered, like the country's first female

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