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Still from Druid On The Columbia
Mossback's Northwest

Druid on the Columbia

Sam Hill built a “castle” on the Columbia, and later a replica of Stonehenge.

May 26, 2023
Knute Berger (Mossback) in the Mossback Den.
Mossback

Mossback’s Northwest: A Stonehenge replica on the Columbia River

An eccentric railroad millionaire was inspired to build the mysterious monument over 100 years ago.

by
  • Knute Berger
/ May 26, 2023
Still from Nature Man
Mossback's Northwest

Nature Man

In the early 1900s, two men decided to go back-to-nature and become “Nature Man.”

May 12, 2023
Knute Berger is in the Mossback Den.
Mossback

Mossback’s Northwest: Before Woodstock, there were the ‘Nature Men’

Two eccentrics with Northwest ties turned their (unclothed) backs on civilization and made headlines.

by
  • Knute Berger
/ May 12, 2023
Still from Lights, Camera, Seattle!
Mossback's Northwest

Lights, Camera, Seattle!

How Hollywood filmed the Emerald City.

May 5, 2023
Knute Berger in the Mossback's Den.
Mossback

Mossback’s Northwest: The Emerald City’s silver screen legacy

Since the 1930s, Hollywood has fixated on Seattle's complex nature, from its stunning mountains and oceans to sprawling freight yards.

by
  • Knute Berger
/ May 5, 2023
behind the scenes of a BAL photoshoot
Inside Cascade PBS

Meet the Seattle storytellers spotlighting local Black artists

Black Arts Legacies celebrates Northwest creatives through writing, photography and film. Learn how this year’s team is bringing the project to life.

by
  • Nimra Ahmad
/ May 3, 2023
Knute Berger sits in the Mossback Den.
Mossback

Mossback’s Northwest: After clearing forests, settlers were stumped

The remains of felled trees could be a nuisance — or a dream home.

by
  • Knute Berger
/ April 28, 2023
Still from When Stumps Went Viral
Mossback's Northwest

After clearing forests, settlers were stumped

The remains of felled trees could be a nuisance — or a dream home.

April 28, 2023
Salmon float in the Salmon Bay at Seattle's Ballard Locks
Environment

Can the United Nations help save Pacific salmon?

The U.N. High Seas Treaty is a historic agreement for marine conservation, but its impact on the plummeting fish population is still uncertain.

by
High Country News
/ April 24, 2023
Knute Berger in the Mossback Den.
Mossback's Northwest

The Case of the Pickled Orca

In 1931, an orca swam up the Columbia River to Portland and wound up pickled.

April 14, 2023
Knute Berger in the Mossback Den.
Mossback

Mossback's Northwest: How Portland pickled a lost orca

In 1931, a baby whale swam up the Columbia and wound up buried on a Washington mountain. Sound like Northwest lore? Well, it's true.

by / April 14, 2023
Ethelbert the orca shortly floats in the water
Environment

Podcast | How a wayward whale foretold decades of exploitation

People flocked to see a young orca lost in a river near Portland. Then she was killed, pickled and left in a tank on a mountainside.

by
  • Knute Berger &
  • Stephen Hegg
/ April 14, 2023
Knute Berger sits in the Mossback Den.
Mossback

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.

by
  • Knute Berger
/ April 7, 2023
Knute Berger sitting in the Mossback Den.
Mossback's Northwest

The New Deal was a big deal

In 1933, the government transformed the Northwest, from cheap power to rugged trails.

April 7, 2023
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