Bellingham Beginnings

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Bellingham Beginnings
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From Four To One

• Whatcom
• Sehome
• Fairhaven
• Bellingham

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Whatcom

• Noisy Waters
• Mouth of Whatcom Creek
• Goldrush
• 1883
• Frasier River
• Today Old Town

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Sehome

• Coal Mines
• Railroad
• Today Downtown

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Bellingham

• Founded on coal in 1854
• Called Unionville in 1860s
• Today near Boulevard Park

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Fairhaven

• 1883 Boomtown
• Dirty Dan Harris
• Deep water bay
• Depression of 1893ust
• Today Fairhaven

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Map of Bellingham Bay
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Population
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Questions?
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