Birdseye view of the city of Whatcom, Washington Territory 1888, (1889)

Birdseye view of the city of Whatcom, Washington Territory 1888, (1889)

Washington (State) -- Maps<br>Whatcom, Wash. -- Pictorial works

1 view : col ; 30 x 42 cm.<br>Scanned from: History of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon and Washington. Portland, Or. : North Pacific History Co., 1889. v. 2, p. 138. Inset: Lake Whatcom. <br>Whatcom was the first town in the area, founded originally around a lumber mill. The discovery of coal in the local hills provided impetus for further growth, and the prospect (which proved false, in the end, due to the impassability of the mountains to the east) of the area being the western terminus for the transcontinental Great Northern Railroad pushed a boom. <br>In 1890, the nearby town of Sehome was merged into Whatcom, while two other nearby towns, Fairhaven and Bellingham, combined as Fairhaven. In 1903 Whatcom and Fairhaven incorporated into one town, taking the mutually acceptable name of Bellingham. Lake Whatcom is located approximately 3 miles east of Whatcom/Bellingham.

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Portland, Or. : North Pacific History Company

1889

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Is part of History of the Pacific Northwest : Oregon and Washington : embracing an account of the original discoveries on the Pacific coast of North America, and a description of the conquest, settlement and subjugation of the vast country included in the original territory of Oregon : also interesting biographies of the earliest settlers and more prominent men and women of the Pacific Northwest, including a statistical and graphic description of the climate, soil, productions, industries, improvements and occupations, as well as the natural advantages and resources and artificial acquirements of the great states of Oregon and Washington.

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Maps<br>Bird's-eye views

WSU 344<br>F852 .H67 1889 v. 2 c.2

United States--Washington (Territory)--Whatcom