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.
Tony Platt is the author of thirteen books and 150 essays and articles on race, inequality, and social justice in American history, among them...
In this final episode on the mission system, we explore parts of the history of Santa Barbara Mission.
California had 1,000 wineries in 1910. By 1965, it had 225. The story of how the industry collapsed, came back, and quadrupled past 4,800...