The New Deal and the Northwest
From cheap power to rugged hiking trails, Franklin D. Roosevelt's government transformed the region.
Stephen is formerly a senior video producer at Crosscut and KCTS 9. He specialized in arts and culture, and produced Mossback’s Northwest and Crosscut NOW.
From cheap power to rugged hiking trails, Franklin D. Roosevelt's government transformed the region.
Before there was Ernestine Anderson, Ray Charles and Quincy Jones, there was Frank Waldron.
The Canadian artist created landscapes unlike her contemporaries’, intuiting the web of life beneath the canopy and putting it on canvas.
He was invited to the city to talk about his storied past, but the Nez Perce chief had his eye on the future of his people.
A border conflict between the U.S. and Britain, combined with the ambitions of a future Confederate general, almost turned the Salish Sea into a war zone.