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A century ago, Seattle’s first female principal, Adelaide Lowry Pollock, spread the gospel of birds and good citizenship to a generation of schoolkids.

You’ve heard of Rosie the Riveter, but how about Rosie the Logger? During both world wars, the Northwest brought working women to the woods.

Using a looping pedal, this Seattle musician composes music that brings Black artists together.

Born in Seattle’s Japantown, he rose from hardship to build aspirational icons like the Pacific Science Center and the World Trade Center.

For three decades, this Seattle DJ electrified the airwaves, paving the way for future Black radio personalities.

A lost film from the ’50s details a beach hike devised by a U.S. Supreme Court Justice to save a pristine stretch of the Olympic Peninsula coast.

After painting the “M” in Seattle’s Black Lives Matter mural, this artist’s career has been on the ascent.

The frontiersman’s act, a blend of the sensational and the authentic, helped construct the myth of the West in the country’s collective imagination.

After landing on the stage unexpectedly, this Seattle actor and director’s 50-year career played a major role in the city’s Black theater scene.

From Indigenous origin stories to restaurateur Ivar Haglund, the bivalves have become an edible emblem of Puget Sound beaches.