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Mossback’s Northwest: The Columbia River’s elusive origins
The remarkable journey of the Columbia River starts at a modest lake in remote British Columbia.
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The Columbia: Beginning and End
Locating the Columbia River’s remote origins in British Columbia proved difficult.
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Mossback’s Northwest: The 1800s influencer obsessed with Tacoma
George Francis Train, self-dubbed ”The Psycho,” ignited media fervor by circling the globe in 67 days in an effort to make the city a household name.
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“The Psycho” who Embraced Tacoma
Meet a self-professed “Psycho” who vowed to break world records and make Tacoma famous.
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Mossback’s Northwest: ‘The Graveyard of the Pacific’
Since 1792, an estimated 2,000 ships have sunk at the treacherous spot where the Columbia River meets the ocean.