Mossback's Northwest

History Series / 10 Seasons

True tales from the most interesting place on earth.

Watch Latest: S10 E2

6m 46s

Horseless Carriages, Ho!

S10 E2 / 6m 46s

In the early 20th century, a new breed of pioneers pushed into the Northwest wilderness with a newfangled invention: the automobile. One of those was the man who launched the Klondike gold rush, a millionaire named George Carmack.

Ice, Fire and Those Dam Floods

S10 E1 / 8m 13s

Long before the Grand Coulee Dam changed the Columbia River, lava, glaciers and epic floods radically reshaped its course. Geology professor Nick Zentner of Nick on the Rocks joins Mossback’s Northwest host Knute Berger to discuss a surprising phenomenon that altered the river ahead of the dam-builders.

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