Reading Response Template Ncea' title='Reading Response Template Ncea' />Library development site. For Advance Search options Click Here. Check My Library Account Read More Renew My Books Read More. I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul. Bellingham b l h m BELingham is the largest city in and the county seat of Whatcom County in the U. S. state of Washington. It is the thirteenth. Bellingham, Washington Wikipedia. Bellingham, Washington. City. Nicknames City of Subdued Excitement1Bellinghams location red, southwest corner at lower left in Whatcom County brown, northwest corner at upper left, in the state of Washington. Location in Washington and the United States. Coordinates 4. 84. N1. 222. 83. 0W 4. N 1. 22. 4. 75. 00W 4. Coordinates 4. 84. N1. 222. 83. 0W 4. N 1. 22. 4. 75. 00W 4. Country. United States. State. Washington. County. Whatcom. Incorporated. December 2. 8, 1. Government  Type. Mayorcouncil  Mayor. Kelli Linville. Area2  City. Land. 27. 0. 8 sq mi 7. Water. 1. 8. 2 sq mi 4. Elevation. 69 ft 2. Population 2. 01. City. 80,8. 85  Estimate 2. Rank. US 3. 85th  Density. Urban. 11. 4,4. 73 US 2. Metro. 21. 2,2. 84 US 2. Time zone. PST UTC8  Summer DSTPDT UTC7ZIP codes. Area codes3. 60, 5. FIPS code. 53 0. GNIS feature ID1. Demonym. Bellinghamster. Websitewww. cob. org. Bellingham BEL ing ham is the largest city in and the county seat of Whatcom County in the U. S. state of Washington. It is the thirteenth largest city in the state, with 8. US Census,4 and is part of the sixth largest metropolitan area in the state. The boundaries of the city encompass the former towns of Fairhaven, Whatcom, Sehome, and Bellingham. Bellingham is the northernmost city in the contiguous United States with a population of more than 5. The city is known for its easy access to outdoor recreation in the San Juan Islands and North Cascades8 as well as proximity to the cities of Vancouver and Seattle. A waterfront redevelopment is underway on more than 1. Harcourt Developments, developer of the Titanic Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is planning a hotel, conference center, condos, retirement living, retail and commercial development on the site. Historyedit. An old bank building, built in 1. Fairhaven Historic District. The name of Bellingham is derived from the bay on which the city is situated. George Vancouver, who visited the area in June 1. Sir William Bellingham, the controller of the storekeepers account of the Royal Navy. Prior to Euro American settlement, Bellingham was in the homeland of Coast Salish peoples of the Lummi and neighboring tribes. The first Caucasian settlers reached the area in 1. In 1. 85. 8, the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush caused thousands of miners, storekeepers, and scalawags to head north from California. Whatcom Bellinghams original name grew overnight from a small northwest mill town to a bustling seaport, the basetown for the Whatcom Trail, which led to the Fraser Canyon goldfields, used in open defiance of colonial Governor James Douglass edict that all entry to the gold colony be made via Victoria, British Columbia. Coal was mined in the Bellingham area from the mid 1. It was Henry Roeder who had discovered coal off the northeastern shore of Bellingham Bay, and in 1. San Francisco investors established the Bellingham Bay Coal Company. Convert Hexdump To Binary Windows Live. The mine extended to hundreds of miles of tunnels as deep as 1. It ran southwest to Bellingham Bay, on both sides of Squalicum Creek, an area of about one square mile. At its peak in the 1. It was closed in 1. Bellingham was officially incorporated on December 2. Bellingham Bay during the final decades of the 1. Century. Whatcom is todays Old Town area and was founded in 1. Sehome was an area of downtown founded in 1. Bellingham was further south near Boulevard Park, founded in 1. Fairhaven was a large commercial district with its own harbor, also founded in 1. In 1. 89. 0, Fairhaven developers bought Bellingham. Whatcom and Sehome had adjacent borders and both towns wanted to merge thus they formed New Whatcom. Later, on October 2. New was dropped from the name, because the Washington State Legislature outlawed the use of the word new in city and town names. At first, attempts to combine Fairhaven and Whatcom failed, and there was controversy over the name of the proposed new city. Whatcom citizens wouldnt support a city named Fairhaven, and Fairhaven residents would not support a city named Whatcom. They eventually settled on the name Bellingham, which remains today. Voting a second time for a final merger of the four towns into a single city, the resolution passed by 2. In the early 1. 89. The foothills around Bellingham were clearcut after the 1. San Francisco earthquake to help provide the lumber for the rebuilding of San Francisco. In time, lumber and shingle mills sprang up all over the county to accommodate the byproduct of their work. Descargar Gratis Manual De Corel Draw 10. In 1. 88. 9, Pierre Cornwall and an association of investors formed the Bellingham Bay Improvement Company BBIC. The BBIC invested in several diverse enterprises such as shipping, coal, mining, railroad construction, real estate sales and utilities. Even though their dreams of turning Bellingham into a Pacific Northwest metropolis never came to fruition, the BBIC made an immense contribution to the economic development of Bellingham. BBIC was not the only outside firm with an interest in Bellingham utilities. The General Electric Company of New York purchased Bellinghams Fairhaven Line and New Whatcom street rail line in 1. In 1. 89. 8 the utility merged into the Northern Railway and Improvement Company which prompted the Electric Corporation of Boston to purchase a large block of shares. Bellingham was the site of the Bellingham riots against East Indian Sikh immigrant workers in 1. A mob of 4. 005. Asiatic Exclusion League, with intentions to exclude East Indian immigrants from the work force of the local lumber mills, attacked the homes of the South Asian Indians. The Indians were mostly Sikhs but were labelled as Hindus by much of the media of the day. Bellinghams proximity to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and to the Inside Passage to Alaska helped keep some cannery operations here. P. A. F., for example, shipped empty cans to Alaska, where they were packed with fish and shipped back for storage. EconomyeditThe mean annual salary of a wage earner in Bellingham is 4. Washington State average of 5. In the first quarter of 2. Bellinghams median home sale was 3. Whatcom County median of 3. Strong job and income growth, along with low inventory of homes for sale, have contributed to a median monthly rental payment in February, 2. Largest employerseditAccording to the Citys 2. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,2. GeographyeditThe city is located at 4. N1. 222. 9W 4. N 1. W 4. The city is situated on Bellingham Bay which is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia. It lies west of Mount Baker and Lake Whatcom from which it gets its drinking water and north of the Chuckanut Mountains and the Skagit Valley. Whatcom Creek runs through the center of the city. Bellingham is 1. 7 miles 2. US Canada border and 5. Vancouver. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2. The lowest elevations are at sea level along the waterfront. White Patch On Gum By Tooth. Alabama Hill is one of the higher points in the city at about 5. Elevations of 8. 00 feet 2. Yew Street Hill north of Lake Padden and near Galbraith Mountain. South and eastward of the city limits are taller foothills of the North Cascades mountains. Mount Baker is the largest peak in the local area, with a summit elevation of 1. Bellingham Bay. Mount Baker is visible from many parts of the city and western Whatcom County. Universal Design for Learning Inclusive Education.