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Bellingham -- Thumbnail History

In 1852, two Californians in search of site for a lumber mill arrived at the mouth of northwest Washington's Whatcom Creek, on the edge of the Puget Sound. The spot was close to the forests and stream...

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King County Commissioners

King County Commissioners were in charge of King County's affairs from 1853, when the federal Organic Act gave the Territorial legislature the power to create county governments, until 1969, when the ...

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Uhlman, Wesley Carl (b. 1935)

When Wes Uhlman became the mayor of Seattle in 1969, an all-powerful City Council (mostly concerned with the interests of the downtown business establishment) dominated municipal politics. By the time...

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6 Timeline Entries

Washington Governor John McGraw approves charter for New Whatcom Normal School on February 24, 1893.

On February 24, 1893, Washington Governor John McGraw (1850-1910) approves the charter for the state's third public teacher-training school, the New Whatcom Normal School. Over the years, the school w...

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New Whatcom City Hall opens on May 9, 1893.

On May 9, 1893, the New Whatcom City Council holds its first meeting in the town's grand new City Hall. Town boosters hope that the new building will be "a beacon to all vessels coming into our harbo...

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White workingmen attack Bellingham's East Indian millworkers on September 4, 1907.

On the night of September 4, 1907, about 500 white workingmen attack Bellingham's East Indian millworkers. The purpose of this "anti-Hindu riot," according to the Bellingham Reveille, was to "move [t...

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Joe Galbraith wins the first Mount Baker Marathon on August 11, 1911.

At 10 p.m. on August 10, 1911, 14 young men gather outside the Bellingham Chamber of Commerce for the first-ever Mount Baker Marathon. The contestants are ready for a 120-mile round-trip race: They tr...

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City Council committee names first Seattle Women's Commission members on April 6, 1971.

On April 6, 1971, Seattle City Council's Personnel Committee names 14 city residents to serve on the new Women's Commission, an advisory body that Mayor Wes Uhlman (b. 1935) created the year before. ...

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Seattle Mayor Wes Uhlman proposes a city Division on Aging on April 9, 1971.

On April 9, 1971, Seattle Mayor Wes Uhlman proposes that the city establish a Division on Aging, one of the nation's first. The agency will be part of the city's new Office of Human Resources and wil...

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