Before we begin our next major thematic section of the podcast on railroads, we will be looking at the life of Leland Stanford who serves a bridge between the Gold Rush era, the Civil War Era in California government, and the Transcontinental Railroad.
In this episode, we wrap the section on the Democratic Party in California in the 1850's.
Today, we have Mas Masumoto on the podcast. A farmer, writer, and a repository of memories of the valley, Mas is a central voice...
Tony Platt is the author of thirteen books and 150 essays and articles on race, inequality, and social justice in American history, among them...