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By the 1930s, the school had become the Western Washington College of Education, maintaining its focus on teacher training. In 1961 the school had grown into a broad degree-granting institution and was renamed the Western Washington State College. Today, student enrollment at Western Washington University stands around 14,000 students.
Bellingham (/ ˈ b ɛ l ɪ ŋ h æ m / BEL-ing-ham) is the county seat of Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. [9] It lies 21 miles (34 km) south of the U.S.–Canada border, between Vancouver, British Columbia, 52 miles (84 km) to the northwest and Seattle 90 miles (140 km) to the south.
The official History of the Washington State Legislature states "As had been the case in 1882, in Thurston County, Democrats and anti-administration Republicans joined to form the People’s Party". [13] However a Washington local newspaper in 1865 listed the People's Party as one of the main competing parties in an election. [17]
Pages in category "History of Bellingham, Washington" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Bellingham riots occurred on September 4, 1907, in Bellingham, Washington, United States. [1] A mob of 400–500 white men, predominantly members of the Asiatic Exclusion League , with intentions to exclude Indian immigrants from the work force of the local lumber mills, attacked the homes of the South Asian Indians. [ 2 ]
The trail is constructed on the bed of the old Bellingham & Skagit Interurban Railway, an electric railway line that connected Whatcom County and Skagit counties from 1912 to 1930. A northern trail section follows the rail bed of the Fairhaven & Southern Railroad that ran coal trains to and from Sedro-Woolley in the late 1800s through the turn ...
History of Bellingham, Washington (9 P) M. Mass media in Bellingham, Washington (2 C, 5 P) N. ... Washington State Route 539; Whatcom County Library System; Whatcom ...
1905: Washington becomes the nation's largest lumber producer. [9] 1907 - August 17: Pike Place Market, one of the most visited tourist attractions in the world, opens in Seattle. [10] 1908: The first railroad bridge is built across the Columbia River. [11] 1910 The U.S. Census notes Washington as having over a million residents for the first time.