11 episodes

A dramatic retelling of important moments in Tucson's history, followed by insightful interviews with Tucsonans of all stripes.

Tucson History Podcast 1030 The Voice

    • History

A dramatic retelling of important moments in Tucson's history, followed by insightful interviews with Tucsonans of all stripes.

    The Pioneer Hotel Fire

    The Pioneer Hotel Fire

    In December 1970 a blaze erupted in a downtown landmark, resulting in a tragedy that still holds the distinction of an event that led to Tucson's greatest loss of life, but it was one of Tucson Fires most heroic efforts.

    • 16 min
    Tales of the Esmond Train Wreck

    Tales of the Esmond Train Wreck

    In the early hours of the morning January 28th 1903 a communication error at tiny Vail Station led to the worst rail disaster in Arizona history. On Tales of the Esmond Train Wreck, we talk with J.J. Lamb President of the Vail Preservation Society and Bill Kalt Railroad Historian and Author of Tucson Was A Railroad Town.

    • 19 min
    The Legendary Ed Alexander

    The Legendary Ed Alexander

    The story of Ed's life and career in Tucson radio.

    • 17 min
    IBM: What Might Have Been

    IBM: What Might Have Been

    In the 80's business was booming at IBM Tucson and the company was looking to add thousands more jobs at Rita Rd. and I-10. Tucson was poised to become one of the nation’s largest tech hubs. Then a fateful election in 1987 catapulted a U of A professor into the position of mayor and it all began to crumble.

    • 11 min
    1918: The Forgotten Pandemic

    1918: The Forgotten Pandemic

    In the closing days of World War I, the deadly Spanish Flu crossed the Atlantic and the Nation. It swept through Arizona one dark Autumn, hitting Native American and impoverished mining communities with a particular vengeance. State health officials under-reported deaths at 519. That number didn't even began to tell the real story. 1918 The Forgotten Pandemic on The Tucson History Podcast.

    • 19 min
    The Desert Fox

    The Desert Fox

    In 1972 Arizona Basketball had fallen on hard times, with a 6-20 record and crowds of a thousand at Bear Down Gym. Then Fred Snowden came to town and changed the game. In the Desert Fox we look at this legendary coach that turned Tucson into a basketball town.

    • 21 min

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