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Mossback's Northwest: Gold fever launched Seattle’s aerospace obsession
The idea of airships delivering provisions to the 1897 Alaskan gold fields gave rise to global sightings of fantastical flying machines.
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Mossback’s Northwest: An end to Seattle’s ramps to nowhere
The ramps to an imagined expressway were built during freeway frenzy in the 1960s. Now, all but one are coming down.
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Mossback’s Northwest: The Black pioneer who launched the Puget Sound settlement
Escaping a racist Oregon law, a man named George Bush became one of Washington’s most important homesteaders.
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Mossback’s Northwest: When the 'boys in the boat' raced Swinomish paddlers
How a race between rival crews brought Native and UW paddlers closer to the sport — and each other.
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Mossback's Northwest: The 1941 Seattle 'insult' that still stings
Sir Thomas Beecham came to conduct the Seattle Symphony and uttered a sentence that has never been forgotten.