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Mossback's Northwest: Gold fever launched Seattle’s aerospace obsession
The idea of airships delivering provisions to the 1897 Alaskan gold fields gave rise to global sightings of fantastical flying machines.
The idea of airships delivering provisions to the 1897 Alaskan gold fields gave rise to global sightings of fantastical flying machines.
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In 1920, the city’s commissioner of public health called Seattle “a hot bed for anti-vaccination, Christian Science, and various anti-medical cults.”
A Seattle writer walks the road to recovery, as her beloved city stumbles forward.
The Seattle director brought her love of the Northwest to the screen, and her magnetic kindness to every interaction.