The California Frontier Project

The California Frontier Project

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Prof. Damian Bacich takes you on a journey into the fascinating early history of California and the West. Listen to stories and interviews with scholars, experts and people passionate about a time when California was the frontier of empire and imagination.

Recent Episodes

  • How We Almost Lost El Camino Real (and the Women Who Saved It)

    2 weeks ago
  • How did the California Missions End?

    3 weeks ago
  • Fr. José Altimira, Sonoma and the End of the Mission Chain

    4 weeks ago
  • Native American Vaqueros on the California Frontier

    1 month ago
  • Native Life at Mission San Miguel

    1 month ago
  • Remarkable Women of Old San Diego

    2 months ago
  • Traversing Time: The Odyssey of the Juan Bautista de Anza Trail

    2 months ago
  • What it Means to Be a Californio: Author and Descendant Greg Bernal-Mendoza Smestad

    2 months ago
  • San Francisco’s Overlooked Pioneer

    2 months ago
  • Visiting All 21 California Missions: Author Maggie Espinoza

    3 months ago