Mossback's Northwest
In each episode of “Mossback’s Northwest,” Knute Berger will mine a particular Seattle historical or cultural nugget, and you’ll learn the hidden backstory behind it and find out why it’s still relevant today.
Episodes
'Flying saucers'? You can thank WA for the term
In 1947, a pilot spotted UFOs flying near Mount Rainier.
'Flying saucers'? You can thank WA for the term
The slavery-defending mayor of Seattle
The story of a white supremacist who left an uncomfortable past for the frontier.
The slavery-defending mayor of Seattle
The Northwest’s most notable hoaxes
Fake news is not new—hoaxes have been around for ages. We look at some that made real news
The Northwest’s most notable hoaxes
The Great Seattle-Tacoma Blow-up
Seattle and Tacoma's biggest battle is over the name of our biggest mountain.
The Great Seattle-Tacoma Blow-up
Harry Allen, Turn of the Century Trans Youth
Harry Allen, AKA Nell Pickerell, became a NW celebrity by challenging gender norms.
Harry Allen, Turn of the Century Trans Youth
Today, climate change dominates discourse in Seattle — but it used to be coal.
When Coal Was King in Seattle
Lesser Seattle' wanted to keep the city free of pretension — and Californians.
What was Lesser Seattle?
The Shipwreck That Still Shares its Bounty
A shipwreck shares it's beeswax bounty 300 years later.
The Shipwreck That Still Shares its Bounty
When Mark Twain Came to Seattle
Knute Berger recalls Mark Twain's memorable trip to Seattle in the summer of 1895.
When Mark Twain Came to Seattle
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