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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
FAQs about Central Valley Roots:How many episodes does Central Valley Roots have?The podcast currently has 132 episodes available.
August 02, 20257th Standard Road & Herndon Avenue: How Thomas Jefferson influenced the Valley roads we use todayThese Valley roadways mark important "grid correction" lines that date back to a system devised by Thomas Jefferson....more2minPlay
August 01, 2025How three Fresno-area women helped preserve the San Joaquin RiverA planned mega-development along the river in the late 1980s spurred three women to start the San Joaquin River Parkway & Conservation Trust....more2minPlay
July 31, 2025In 1966 Delano hearing, Senator Robert F. Kennedy clashed with Kern County Sheriff Leroy GalyenIn a heated exchange, Senator Kennedy told the sheriff to "read the Constitution" after he testified his deputies had arrested people who had not broken the law....more3minPlay
July 29, 2025This Central California courthouse is one of the oldest in the WestMariposa County's courthouse was completed in 1854 and has been in service ever since....more2minPlay
July 28, 2025John C. Fremont and the birth of MariposaJohn C. Fremont got lucky when he mistakenly purchased the Las Mariposas ranch....more3minPlay
July 17, 2025California's last grizzly bearThe last grizzly bear in California was seen in the 1920s in Sequoia National Park....more2minPlay
July 16, 2025Mariposa: "Mother County" of Central CaliforniaWhen it was created in 1850, Mariposa covered 30,000 square miles, or about 1/5th of the entire state....more2minPlay
July 15, 2025Central Valley car culture's influence on AmericaThe Central Valley's love affair with the automobile has helped influence American culture....more2minPlay
July 10, 2025The tankhouse: a rapidly vanishing icon of the Central ValleyTankhouses were once a common sight with small farms across the San Joaquin Valley....more3minPlay
July 09, 2025Destroying nature's titans: the Giant Sequoias of Converse BasinNew technology, from the world's largest log flume to dynamite, helped fuel the destruction of these ancient trees....more2minPlay
FAQs about Central Valley Roots:How many episodes does Central Valley Roots have?The podcast currently has 132 episodes available.