Seattle & King County
Tim Egan on Edward S. Curtis, 'Seattle's Michelangelo'
The author talks about the life of Edward S. Curtis, a prolific photographer of American Indians at a time when they faced huge pressure.
Robin Lindley
Robin Lindley is a Seattle-based writer and attorney, and the features editor of the History News Network (hnn.us). His email is robinlindley@gmail.com.
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Washington State
Slavery? Yes, it did happen here. As did escapes.
As a new book documents, slavery, the underground railway and much more are part of the state's history.
Seattle & King County
How one building came to define Seattle
Throw in family celebrations, profit-making, plus some voyeurism (like the on-air reporting of the license plates of people parked at a hotel for some midday recreation) and you have the Space Needle.
Culture
A Northwest professor looks at a forgotten American pandemic
Crosscut writer Robin Lindley talks with University of Puget Sound professor Nancy Bristow about the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic and America's foggy memory of a disease that claimed ten times the U.S. fatalities during World War 1.
Seattle & King County
The plan to preserve Seattle's beloved book sanctuaries
Marcellus Turner, Seattle's new City Librarian, talks about why Seattleites love their libraries and how he plans to keep things that way. Even in the midst of budget cuts.