Central Valley Roots

By KVPR

KVPR's Central Valley Roots explores the history, people and places of Central California. Discover something new about our region, past and present, with each episode. From Fresno and Bakersfield, to... more

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The podcast currently has 66 episodes available.

Central Valley Roots episodes:

July 02, 2025 How Fresno helped create the Las Vegas we know today
Fresno properties served as the prototypes for two pioneering Las Vegas resorts, and two of Sin City's most influential tycoons were born and raised in Fresno.
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July 01, 2025 The hidden history and controversy behind Fresno's Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Exactly who the auditorium should memorialize was controversial when the building was planned in the 1930s.
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June 30, 2025 In search of California's north/south dividing line
There are a lot of different places that claim to mark California's north/south divide.
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June 27, 2025 Bakersfield's oil industry began here
In May 1899, James and Jonathan Ellwood discovered oil on the north side of the Kern River, setting off an oil boom that transformed Bakersfield and Kern County.
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June 26, 2025 John Eastwood: The Fresno engineer who helped transform the Sierra and Southern California
Eastwood devised the hydroelectric system of dams and powerhouses that gave us Huntington and Shaver Lakes, and helped transform Southern California.
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June 25, 2025 Kern County's first oil pioneers: The Yokuts
The Yokuts used petroleum from natural oil seeps for thousands of years before the modern oil and gas industry.
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May 29, 2025 How the San Joaquin River got its name(s)
The river we know today as the San Joaquin has had many names over the years.
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May 28, 2025 Why does Interstate 5 bypass Fresno and other Central Valley cities?
Highway 99 passes through most of the Central Valley's major cities, while Interstate 5 bypasses them. Why is that?
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May 23, 2025 The "People's Railroad" - how an ag tycoon helped bust a Central Valley transportation monopoly
In the 1890's sugar magnate Claus Spreckels funded a railroad from Stockton to Bakersfield that broke the Southern Pacific's transportation monopoly in the region.
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May 22, 2025 The story of Los Banos and its name
The town along Highway 152 is named for natural pools along Los Banos Creek near Pacheco Pass.
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FAQs about Central Valley Roots:

How many episodes does Central Valley Roots have?

The podcast currently has 66 episodes available.

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