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Before coronavirus: How Seattle handled the Spanish flu
Over a century ago, my grandmother nearly died from the pandemic. Her doctor wasn't so lucky.
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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Closing Seattle's National Archives is a 'paper genocide' for some Natives
Wyam tribal member Lana Jack argues the archives contain documents legally affirming her right to exist.
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Downtown chaos may be the only constant in Seattle's changing core
The Third Avenue shootings is but one act in a centuries-old drama.
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Seattle may lose its National Archives. That should concern more than local historians
The vast collection, along with our larger ecosystem of historical scholarship, helps make Seattle great.
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From our city's namesake to its cultural heroes, here are 9 symbolic Seattleites you should know
You know about Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain, but what about Umbrella Man and Bus Lane Woman?