Mossback's Northwest

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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.

Stephen Hegg • May 1, 2020

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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.

Stephen Hegg • Apr 23, 2020

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Mossback's Northwest: JFK's secret visit to the Seattle World's Fair

A rare photograph shows President Kennedy's 1961 detour under an unfinished Space Needle.

Stephen Hegg • Apr 17, 2020

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Mossback’s Northwest: Tragedy and terror in 1919 Centralia

The deadly Centralia Tragedy saw conflict between the Wobblies and the American Legion — and left behind a debated legacy.

Stephen Hegg • Apr 10, 2020

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Mossback’s Northwest: The tiny oyster that made Washington

The Pacific Coast’s only indigenous oyster, the Olympia, was eaten into near-extinction. It could be making a comeback.

Stephen Hegg • Apr 3, 2020