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Video title:
The Chaos of the Car in Seattle’s Early Days
Video duration:
3m 7s
Video description:
If you think traffic is bad now, just imagine Seattle at the turn of the century: Cyclists, pedestrians, and an army of wagons all competed for space on the downtown streets. Then, along came the automobile. Knute Berger chronicles the car’s bumpy ride in early Seattle — and how it came to dominate the road.
Grizzlies once roamed the American west, from Alaska to the Southwest. Today the bears are rarely seen in Washington state. For years hundreds of grizzlies lived in the remote wilderness of the North Cascades but now, with sightings so rare, the U.S. government may reintroduce them to this isolated region. What is the history of Northwest grizzlies and what happened to them?
In 1924 a group of American flyers made a bold decision to be the first to fly around the Earth, a flight that would begin and end in Seattle with the whole world watching. In primitive biplanes with open cockpits and only a few provisions these US Army airmen were able to set a new aeronautics record, but not without a few complications on the way.