HeyJaredAZ: The History of Arizona podcast
A podcast tracing the history, events, people and places that made the Grand Canyon State.
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Episode 270: The California Guarantee (opens the original)
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Following the state’s Supreme Court victory, Carl Hayden expected to pass a bill authorizing the Central Arizona Project immediately. Unfortunately, his plans ran up against those of the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, who had his own ideas, and a powerful congressman from Colorado who was wary of any project downstream of him.
Episode 269: Arizona v. California (opens the original)
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It took 11 years, $5 million and hundreds of experts and witnesses, but in 1963, Arizona finally managed a major court win against its sworn enemy - at least when it came to water - to the west.
Episode 268: A New Way of Life (opens the original)
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Del Webb started off the 1960s by introducing Arizona to a new type of community, one that would forever alter how we view retirement. His affordable, amenity-rich, age-restricted community of Sun City became the model for active adult communities nationwide for decades.
Episode 267: See and Be Seen (opens the original)
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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.
Episode 266: The Raid on Short Creek, Part VI: I Know I Will Be Remembered for Short Creek (opens the original)
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Governor J. Howard Pyle’s push to end polygamy on the Utah border not only fizzled, but it would create a massive political backlash against him. Even worse, it caused the fundamentalists to become more isolated and insular, which allowed the rise of Warren Jeffs and some of the worst abuses of plural marriage.
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