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The Hike That Stopped a Highway
Environmental activist Polly Dyer teamed up with Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas in the 1950s to keep a stretch
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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Mossback’s Northwest: Early WA eco-advocacy captured in color
A lost film from the ’50s details a beach hike devised by a U.S. Supreme Court Justice to save a pristine stretch of the Olympic Peninsula coast.
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When Buffalo Bill Came to Seattle
Audiences loved Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, but what he sold as “authentic” was anything but. Knute Berger
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Mossback’s Northwest: Seattle loved Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show
The frontiersman’s act, a blend of the sensational and the authentic, helped construct the myth of the West in the country’s collective imagination.
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Happy as a Clam in the Pacific Northwest
Folk songs, clam bakes, aquaculture and more: Knute Berger explores the myriad ways clams have shaped our region’s culture.