Knute Berger, during filming of the annual Mossback’s Northwest Special at the Museum of Flight. Credit: KCTS/Mossback’s Northwest
Native Northwesterners and newcomers alike will learn a lot from the Mossback’s Northwest series, created by historian, author and raconteur, Knute Berger. For example. who knew that Seattle, Ellensburg and Spokane all suffered devastating fires in the same year (1889) or the name and life story of the Eastern Washingtonian who shaped John Wayne’s movie career?
Mossback’s Northwest is a series of historical shorts about Pacific Northwest and Seattle history, hosted by Berger, and the shorts are enhanced with rare historical footage. They vary in length from three to 10 minutes, with a half-hour Special each year. All four seasons are available at KCTS9.org, Crosscut.com, and YouTube and is aired at regular intervals on KCTS9 throughout the year. Season 5 is in development for later in 2021. You can get all the episodes at https://video.kcts9.org/show/mossbacks-northwest/