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ID: 7013375
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013375
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bellingham (inhabited place)  Bellingham (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 48 45 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 48.7500  decimal degrees
Long: 122 29 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -122.4833  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Bellingham Bay, which was named for Sir William Bellingham by Captain George Vancouver in 1792; settled when Henry Roeder built a sawmill at Whatcom Falls in 1852; was staging area for ill-fated Fraser River gold rush in 1857.

Names:
Bellingham (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Washington (state)  ............  Washington (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Whatcom (county)  ................  Whatcom (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Bellingham (inhabited place)  ....................  Bellingham (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled in 1852 when lumber industry was initiated by Captain Henry Roeder
city (C)
county seat (C)
industrial center (C)  ............  includes lumber operations
manufacturing center (C)  ............  for fishing canneries & pleasure boat assemblying
transportation center (C)  ............  for harbor facilities, railroad connection & gateway to San Juan Islands
educational center (C)  ............  houses Western Washington University & Whatcom Community College
tourist center (C)  ............  provides access to Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Sources and Contributors:
Bellingham..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 76
.......................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS53001331
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1319
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 76
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS53001331
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1319
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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