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Nov 21, 2024 | 
inlander.com | Knute Berger
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Russell Lee 1941 photo / Library of Congress
Before The Dalles Dam inundated Celilo Falls in 1957, it was — and had been for millennia — an active gathering place and fishing ground.
In July 1996, two young men watching the annual hydroplane races on the Columbia River near Kennewick, stumbled across something shocking in the shallows near the shore: a human skull.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
inlander.com | Knute Berger
click to enlarge Washington State Archives photo Gov. Dan Evans takes the oath of office during his second inauguration in 1969. In many ways, former three-term Washington governor and U.S. Sen. Dan Evans, who died at age 98 last month, was the Goldilocks politician. While centrism is out of fashion these days — too often seen as overly compromising or wishy-washy — Evans personified the politics of the "just right" middle.
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May 31, 2024 | 
mossback.podbean.com | Stephen Hegg |Knute Berger |Sara Bernard
Adelaide Lowry Pollock was an educator, birder, author and believer in the power of civic participation at the turn of the 20th century. In the early 1900s, pioneering educator Adelaide Lowry Pollock was the first woman to be named principal of a Seattle grade school. A lifelong love of birds dominated her curriculum. Her students went on birding field trips, mapped birds’ nests, researched bird behaviors, learned bird songs and even built elaborate birdhouses.
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May 24, 2024 | 
mossback.podbean.com | Stephen Hegg |Knute Berger |Sara Bernard
Sitka trees were key military materiel in both World Wars. Knute Berger shares how the need for wood and the women who harvested it changed logging. In the early 20th century, Sitka spruce, a giant conifer native to the Pacific Northwest, became known as an excellent material for building airplanes. As a result, when the U.S. entered World War I, the demand for that wood exploded.
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May 23, 2024 | 
inlander.com | Knute Berger
click to enlarge Museum of History & Industry photo The twisted wreckage of railcars after a blanket of "Cascade concrete" sent it tumbling down a canyon near Stevens Pass. Extreme weather events are well-known in the Pacific Northwest: floods, landslides, massive snowfalls, wildfires, even the occasional wandering cyclone. Remember the Columbus Day Storm of '62?
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May 17, 2024 | 
mossback.podbean.com | Stephen Hegg |Knute Berger |Sara Bernard
Minoru Yamasaki was among the most influential architects of the 20th century. Knute Berger tells the story. Minoru Yamasaki was born in Seattle in 1912, studied architecture at the University of Washington and went on to design some of the most celebrated buildings of the 20th century. Among them: the World Trade Center in New York and the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. Yamasaki aimed to do something that few were doing at the time.
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May 10, 2024 | 
mossback.podbean.com | Stephen Hegg |Knute Berger |Sara Bernard
Environmental activist Polly Dyer teamed up with Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas in the 1950s to keep a stretch of Washington wild. Today, more than 73 miles of Washington’s rugged Olympic Coast is still rugged. It’s accessible only to hikers, not cars. Part of the reason for that is a famous 1958 beach hike led by former U.S. Supreme Court Justice – and Washington resident – William O. Douglas.
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May 3, 2024 | 
mossback.podbean.com | Stephen Hegg |Knute Berger |Sara Bernard
Audiences loved Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, but what he sold as “authentic” was anything but. Knute Berger shares how the myth shaped our idea of the frontier. You’ve probably heard of Buffalo Bill. The name is nearly synonymous with “the Wild West,” a kind of cultural mythology created as white settlers colonized the American West in the late 19th century.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
mossback.podbean.com | Stephen Hegg |Knute Berger |Sara Bernard
Folk songs, clam bakes, aquaculture and more: Knute Berger explores the myriad ways clams have shaped our region’s culture. Clams are among the Pacific Northwest’s most vital natural resources. From thousands of years of aquaculture to folk songs and university mascots, the celebration and consumption of clams permeates local food and culture.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
northwestreports.podbean.com | Maleeha Syed |Venice Buhain |Knute Berger
After Evans' appearance at a Northwest Power and Conservation Council meeting, Venice Buhain and Knute Berger discuss his impact on Washington. Dan Evans has been a force in Washington for decades. The public figure, now 98, has plenty of titles under his belt: Engineer. Washington governor. U.S. Senator. In this episode of Northwest Reports, host Maleeha Syed speaks with Cascade PBS associate news editor Venice Buhain about the former three-term governor’s impact on Washington.
