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 132 episodes available.

Central Valley Roots episodes:

September 11, 2025 Bakersfield's Benjamin Brundage
This early Kern County leader played a major role in the history of the Central Valley.
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September 09, 2025 The story of Fresno's Pinedale: Part 2
After the Sugar Pine Lumber Company closed during the Great Depression, Pinedale was transformed during World War II and the years that followed.
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September 08, 2025 The story of Fresno's Pinedale: Part 1
Fresno's Pinedale neighborhood was born as a lumber mill town in the Roaring 20s.
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August 22, 2025 The Harlow Fire of 1961
This devastating wildfire was one of the fastest burning fires in California history, as it tore through Madera and Mariposa Counties.
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August 21, 2025 The towns of the Kern River gold rush
The gold fields of Kern County gave birth to a number of rough-and-tumble mining towns, some of which still exist today.
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August 21, 2025 S. Charles Lee: The man behind Fresno's Tower Theatre and Bakersfield's Fox Theatre
Lee was an acclaimed and prolific designed of movie "palaces." He believed the "show starts on the sidewalk."
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August 14, 2025 The Central California Colony and the birth of small farms in the Central Valley
This innovative development model began south of Fresno in 1875 and was quickly replicated throughout the region, leading to the growth of small, owner-occupied farms.
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August 12, 2025 The Helm Building: Fresno's first high-rise
At 10 stories tall, the steel-framed office building set the model for most of downtown Fresno's other tall buildings in the following two decades.
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August 05, 2025 Why tuberculosis sanitariums once dotted the foothills of the Central Valley
Before antibiotics, doctors treated TB with sunlight and fresh air at facilities in the foothills.
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August 04, 2025 South of the Mother Lode: Gold Rush towns in Central California
While the bulk of the California Gold Rush took place from Mariposa north, the Central California foothills to the south also had a great deal of mining activity.
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The podcast currently has 132 episodes available.

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