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A tribute to Charles R. Cross, Seattle writer, historian & friend
More than a music journalist, the bestselling author crafted a vital chronicle of the evolving culture of his home city.
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Mossback’s Northwest | The “Bird Woman” and an ode to ornithology
A century ago, Seattle’s first female principal, Adelaide Lowry Pollock, spread the gospel of birds and good citizenship to a generation of schoolkids.
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Mossback’s Northwest: Lumberjacks, meet the Lumberjills
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.
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Mossback’s Northwest: How architect Minoru Yamasaki designed the future
Born in Seattle’s Japantown, he rose from hardship to build aspirational icons like the Pacific Science Center and the World Trade Center.
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Mossback’s Northwest: Early WA eco-advocacy captured in color
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.