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The first known evidence of the Seattle Freeze
Post-war growth in 1920 Seattle came with a coldness toward newcomers. Some city boosters suggested a "thaw" was in order.
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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A one-woman war against Seattle's icy, pricey reputation
Transplants vs. locals is the cultural permafrost always under Seattle's feet.
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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.
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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.
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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.