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The Case of the Pickled Orca
Long before an industry was built around capturing orcas, a tragic encounter between a wayward whale and humanity foretold decades of exploitation.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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Mossback's Northwest: How the New Deal dealt our region a new hand
Washington is still impacted by the 1933 decision, which brought the West from the frontier period into a new, modern century.
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The New Deal and the Northwest
From cheap power to rugged hiking trails, Franklin D. Roosevelt's government transformed the region.
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To a PNW historian, 2022 looked pretty familiar
From waning interest in pandemic precautions to fights over free speech, there are lessons for the new year in our region’s past.
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Mossback's Northwest: The enduring legacy of Seattle's Jazz Age
Remembering trumpeter, teacher and composer Frank Waldron, a trailblazer in the 1920s Jackson Street music scene.