

Mossback’s Northwest
Knute Berger shares tales from the most interesting place in the world


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.

Television
Mossback’s Northwest: How Hollywood helped produce a Boeing cover-up
During WWII, a movie set designer helped camouflage the factory where B-17 Flying Fortresses were built. Did it work?

Television
Mossback’s Northwest: Asahel Curtis’ photography gets a new life
The Washington State Historical Society is digitizing 55,000 previously unseen images by the legendary Northwest photographer.
Television

Mossback’s Northwest: The flight that started & ended in Seattle
The Magellans of the Sky departed from what’s now Magnuson Park in 1924 to complete the first around-the-world trip.
Podcasts

Mossback’s Northwest: How avalanches changed PNW train travel
In 1910, twin tragedies eroded trust in the railway system and over a century later stand as the most fatal ever in Washington and British Columbia.
News

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.

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.