The American Southwest

By: Thomas Wayne Riley
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  • Summary

  • 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.
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Episodes
  • The Civil War in the Southwest: Sibley’s Arrival, The Battle at Valverde, & The Confederate’s Hollow Victory

    The Civil War in the Southwest: Sibley’s Arrival, The Battle at Valverde, & The Confederate’s Hollow Victory
    Dec 26 2024
    This is the 6th episode in the series over the Civil War in the Southwest. In this episode, The Confederates march on Fort Craig before the first major engagement in New Mexico during the Civil War occurs: The Battle of Valverde. I go over in detail the exciting and heart rending Confederate victory on the Rio Grande.
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • The Civil War in the Southwest: The Cursed Pests of Apacheria, Sibley’s Reinforcements, & Baylor’s Woes

    The Civil War in the Southwest: The Cursed Pests of Apacheria, Sibley’s Reinforcements, & Baylor’s Woes
    Dec 18 2024
    This is the 5th Episode in the series over the Civil War in the Southwest. In this episode, Baylor goes after the Apaches in the west. Specifically, Mangas Coloradas and Cochise as they escalate their fight against the White Eyes and the Arizona Guards. Meanwhile, the battle of Alamosa gives Baylor some hope. Unfortunately, rumors swirl of a three pronged Fedral invasion of Mesilla and Fort Fillmore. Over in Texas, Baylor raises his three armies and they eventually march west to New Mexico. I cover Baylor’s murder of a journalist, the commanders of Sibley’s Brigade’s, and the status of the other Western Territories in regards to their rumors of joining the Rebellion.
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • The Civil War in the Southwest: The Skirmish at Mesilla, the Disastrous Surrender of Major Lynde, & The Confederate Territory of Arizona

    The Civil War in the Southwest: The Skirmish at Mesilla, the Disastrous Surrender of Major Lynde, & The Confederate Territory of Arizona
    Dec 10 2024
    This is the fourth episode in the series over the Civil War in the Southwest. In this episode, Baylor and his Texans march north toward Fort Fillmore to take the Fedral post by surprise, but his plans are thwarted. Instead, he marches to the Confederate aligned town of Mesilla. Eventually, Yankee Major Lynde attempts to take the town from the Rebels but is repelled which ultimately leads to his stunning surrender in the high desert heat after abandoning the Fort completely. The hopes and dreams of a Confederate Empire in the Southwest become real as the area of southern New Mexico and modern day southern Arizona are declared the Confederate Territory of Arizona by Governor Baylor.
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    44 mins

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