The Puzzle of the Pimpled Prairie

Описание: Despite two centuries of speculation and science, a strange prairie full of small, evenly spaced hills south of Olympia remains a mystery. 


Cascade PBS’s resident historian Knute Berger unearthed some of the theories on the famous Mima Mounds’ origins in a recent episode (https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/mossb...) of the Mossback’s Northwest video series, but there’s more left to explore. 


In this episode of Mossback, Berger joins co-host Stephen Hegg to dig deeper into the many explanations that have been put forth over the years, including earthquakes, fires, floods and ancient gophers. Plus, we get a peek behind the scenes at the Mossback’s Northwest video shoot at the Mima Mounds and local geologist Patrick Pringle weighs in. 


For more on all things Mossback, visit CascadePBS.org (https://crosscut.com/mossback?ref=cas...) . To reach Knute Berger directly, drop him a line at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) . And if you’d like an exclusive weekly newsletter from Knute, where he offers greater insight into his latest historical discoveries, become a Cascade PBS member (https://secure.cascadepublicmedia.org...) today. 


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Credits


Hosts: Stephen Hegg (https://www.cascadepbs.org/author/ste...) , Knute Berger (https://www.cascadepbs.org/author/knu...)


Producer: Sara Bernard (https://www.cascadepbs.org/author/sar...)


Story editors: Sarah Menzies (https://www.cascadepbs.org/author/sar...) , Adam Brown (https://www.cascadepbs.org/author/adam/)


Studio recording: Roger Basquette