Mossback's Northwest
Mossback's Northwest: The Great Wedding Scandal of 1909
In love and determined to marry, an interracial couple from California ties the knot in Seattle, one of the few places where their love was legal.
In love and determined to marry, an interracial couple from California ties the knot in Seattle, one of the few places where their love was legal.
A white woman and a Japanese man in fell in love. They fled to Seattle but hate followed.
Ouija boards, séances and a desperate desire to speak to the dead once consumed the Northwest.
From ancient tectonic fractures to 21st Century tremblers, Seattle has been shaped and formed by shaky forces beneath our feet.
Mediums traveled the region claiming to speak to the dead. Crowds flocked to see them.