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The Seattle World’s Fair that could have been
As the city celebrates the event's 60th anniversary, we look back at plans that never happened — including a floating island, a huge dome and an Atlantic City-style boardwalk.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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The Real Story of the Mercer Girls
In pop culture, the relocation of 'marriageable' women to places like Seattle was played as a humorous, feel-good
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Mossback reflects on Crosscut's 15th anniversary
Our editor-at-large looks back on connecting PNW heritage and identity with ways to make sense of the present.
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The Rise and Ruin of the Cayton-Revels Family
Horace Cayton Sr. headed west in the late 19th century and found success and opportunity in Seattle. Then an ugly
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Nuclear war has long posed a particular threat to Washington state
Now home to the world’s largest single nuclear stockpile, the state has a tangled history with the unthinkable.