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The History of Texas

by Justin Day

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Episode 16 - The Lady of Cofitachequi

October 9, 2026 · 14 min

Hernando de Soto’s expedition pushes deeper into the Southeast in search of wealth, food, and the powerful province of Cofitachequi. There, the Spaniards encounter one of the most memorable figures of the entire expedition: the Lady of…
Episode 15 - The Bay of Horses

October 2, 2026 · 14 min

In the winter of 1539, Hernando de Soto’s expedition made a discovery on the Florida coast that connected his journey directly to the disaster that had come before him. South of Anhaica, Spanish scouts found cut timber, feeding troughs…
Episode 14 - A Country That Would Not Yield

September 25, 2026 · 14 min

De Soto’s army has survived Napituca, but the road ahead only gets harder. In Episode 14, the expedition pushes deeper into northern Florida, crossing the Suwannee and moving through Uçachile toward Apalachee country. The Spaniards…
Episode 13 - The Trap at Napituca

September 18, 2026 · 19 min

Men hiding beneath water-lily leaves. Horsemen riding into dark ponds. A standoff that lasts through the night. In Episode 13, The Trap at Napituca, Hernando de Soto’s march through Florida erupts into violence. Drawing on the surviving…
Episode 12 - A Better Plan, A Bloodier Road

September 11, 2026 · 19 min

Hernando de Soto believes he has learned from the disaster that destroyed the Narváez expedition. He has more men, more horses, better supplies, and a carefully organized plan for conquering Florida. But he has entered a land that…

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Episode 11 - A Harder Man, A Larger Army

September 4, 2026 · 21 min

Before Hernando de Soto ever set foot in what would become the American South, he had already spent years fighting, conquering, and building a fortune in the Spanish Empire. In this episode of The History of Texas, we follow De Soto from…
Episode 10 - The Warning Spain Ignored

August 14, 2026 · 12 min

The Narváez expedition entered North America with an army and lost almost everyone. Four survivors eventually crossed the continent using Native food, knowledge, diplomacy, healing, trade, and adaptation. That was the warning their…
Q&A Intermission One - Narvaez and Cabeza de Vaca

August 7, 2026 · 11 min

Before we leave Cabeza de Vaca behind, this first intermission pauses the main narrative to answer some of the biggest lingering questions from the Narvaez expedition. In this episode, we examine how historians reconstruct the survivors’…
Episode 9 - The Price of Rescue

July 24, 2026 · 21 min

After nearly eight years of shipwreck, hunger, enslavement, captivity, healing, and wandering, Cabeza de Vaca and his three surviving companions finally return to the Spanish world. But rescue does not mean safety for everyone. As the four…
Episode 8 - Horses and Chains

July 17, 2026 · 23 min

In Episode 8, the four survivors move farther west and enter a changing world. After years of hunger, captivity, healing, and wandering, Cabeza de Vaca, Dorantes, Castillo, and Estebanico begin finding fixed houses, corn, beans, cotton…
Episode 7 - Children of the Sun

July 10, 2026 · 25 min

Episode 7 follows Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés Dorantes, Alonso del Castillo, and Estebanico as their reputation grows into something far larger than survival. No longer just starving castaways, the four men are received as healers, holy men…
Episode 6 - What the Smoke Revealed

July 3, 2026 · 21 min

After nearly six years along the Texas coast, Cabeza de Vaca, Dorantes, Castillo, and Estebanico finally make a run for freedom during the prickly pear season. But escape does not mean safety. They walk into hunger, cold, unknown…

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About the show

The History of Texas is a chronological narrative podcast telling the story of Texas from the ancient past to the modern age. Hosted by Justin Day, the show follows the people, cultures, conflicts, frontiers, disasters, victories, and contradictions that shaped Texas long before and long after it had a name. Support the show and find more links: https://linktr.ee/texasruneforge