The American Southwest: Recent Episodes
The American Southwest
This is a podcast of the people, places, and things of the American West. Think cowboys and Indians, bison and cactus, national parks and ghost towns, Mormons and prospectors, nukes and aliens, Tombstone, the Anasazi, Route 66, and everything in between. I’ll dive deep into historical people and events and the cultures and policies that helped shape this area of the American frontier world that’s left so many of the rest of the planet in envy of the mythic American Southwest.
An historical podcast about The Anasazi People of Chaco Canyon and the Four Corners Region of the American Southwest. Thomas discusses the people's ritual way of life, their form of government, some of their artwork, their economy, monumental architecture, artifacts, history, and the period just before the Anasazi Spiral unravels and they "disappear".
This is a historical podcast about the people of the southwest before the Anasazi and Chaco from the end of the Paleoindian period through the Archaic, Basketmaker II, Basketmaker III, and into the very beginning of the Pueblo I period. It covers the climatic changes, the introduction of corn, beans, the bow and arrow, pit houses, and the introduction of ideas from Central America.
An Update to the direction of the American Southwest Podcast & a discussion on the Bone Smashing Marrow Sucking Culture associated with the Cerutti Mastodon.
This is the Fourth and Final Episode on the Buffalo Soldiers and it discusses their time as stewards of our National Parks and the 25th Infantry Buffalo Soldiers Bicycle Corps of 1897 in Yellowstone National Park.
This is the Third Episode on the Buffalo Soldiers and it discusses the leaders, troopers, exploits, and stories of the Tenth Cavalry from the 1860s to the 1890s in the Greater Southwest Region of the US. It includes Roman Nose, the Texas Rangers, a train robbery, and more.
This episode covers the Buffalo Soldiers of the Ninth Cavalry from the 1860s through the 1890s as they work in the Greater Southwest Region of the US.
First of four episodes covering the Buffalo Soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry during the 50 year period after the Civil War
I visit my brother and his wife in St. Louis and accept an invitation to speak on his podcast. We cover New Mexico, Extra Terrestrials, Beautiful Art, and what's been called the longest march in military history.
This is Part 2 of a 3 Part series on African Americans in the western United States. It covers cowboys from South Carolina to the Wild and Wooly West from the 1700s to the early 1900s.
A brief but exciting and fun history of African Americans in the western United States.
This is the sad, sometimes gruesome, but ultimately fun and rewarding story of the Bison in The United States of America.