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How Horseless Carriages Took Off
At the turn of the 20th century, almost no one had a car in Seattle. There weren’t traffic laws or paved roads, and at first, only the wealthiest people could own these “horseless carriages.”
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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The Forces That Carved the Columbia
The Columbia River has been carved up by more than a dozen dams over the past century. But it’s the colossal floods and lava flows from millions of years ago that truly set it on its winding path.
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A history of vaccine skepticism, from 1920s Seattle to RFK Jr.
Current debates over Trump’s controversial DHHS nominee echo the Pacific Northwest’s reputation a century ago as a bastion of “alternative medicine.”
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Behind the 10th Season of 'Mossback's Northwest'
At a live event, Knute Berger, Stephen Hegg and Nick Zentner discussed Mossback’s Northwest and the 10th season's focus on the Columbia River.
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Mossback’s Northwest: The Columbia River’s elusive origins
The remarkable journey of the Columbia River starts at a modest lake in remote British Columbia.