Podcast
The California Frontier Podcast offers audio versions of our articles, as well as interviews with scholars, experts and people passionate about California's unique history and culture. Click on the articles below to listen in your web browser, download episodes or subscribe on your favorite podcast app.
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California in 1834: The Memoirs of Carlos N. Híjar
Carlos N. Híjar was eight years old when he came to California from Jalisco, Mexico, in 1834. Four decades later, he described…
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San Francisco’s Overlooked Pioneer: William Alexander Leidesdorff
Although little known today, the name of William Alexander Leidesdorff is enshrined on streets in San Francisco and a town along the…
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How We Almost Lost El Camino Real (and the Women Who Saved It)
Imagine California with no landmarks from before 1848, no structures dating to the Spanish and Mexican periods. How different might the state…
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Juan Bautista de Anza: Son of the Frontier
Juan Bautista de Anza was a military officer, governor, explorer and diplomat. His life had an enormous impact on the history of…
