Select Bibliography
I - REFERENCE WORKS
- Polk, R. L. & Company, Oregon, Washington and Idaho Gazetteer
- and Business Directory. Portland, Oregon: R.L. Polk & Co., 1892, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1910, 1914.
- Polk, R. L. & Company, Oregon, Puget Sound Directory.
- Portland, Oregon: R.L. Polk & Co., 1887.
- Polk, R. L. & J. C. Parker, Bellingham City Directory.
- Bellingham: R.L. Polk & J. C. Parker, 1905, 1907, 1908.
- Polk, R. L. & J. C. Parker, Whatcom City and County Directory.
- Whatcom: R.L. Polk & J. C. Parker, 1902, 1903.
II - GENERAL WORKS: WHATCOM COUNTY
- Collison, Marvin K., "An Investment in Optimism: The Formation
- of the Bellingham Securities Syndicate, 1911-1915," in Pacific Northwest Themes: Historical Essays in Honor of Keith A. Murray, edited by James W. Scott. Bellingham: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, 1978, pp. 99-123.
- Edson, Lelah Jackson, The Fourth Corner: Highlights from
- the Early Northwest. Bellingham: Whatcom Museum of History & Art, 1968. (First published in 1951).
- Hawley, Robert Emmet, Skqee Mus or Pioneer Days on the
- Nooksack. Bellingham: Whatcom Museum of History & Art, 1971. (First published in 1945).
- Jeffcott, Percival R., Nooksack Tales and Trails. Ferndale, 1949.
- Judson, Phoebe Godell, A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home.
- Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1966. (First published in 1925).
- Murray, Keith A., The Story of Banking in Whatcom County.
- Bellingham: 1954.
- Pierson, William H., Geography of the Bellingham Lowland.
- Chicago: University of Chicago, Department of Geography "Research Paper" #29, 1953.
- Smelser, Curt R., "Sequent Occupance of the Nooksack River
- Valley and the Influence of Man on the Rate of Sediment Delivery to Bellingham Bay." Unpublished M. A. Thesis, Department of Geography, Western Washington University, 1970.
- Tremaine, David G., Indian and Pioneer Settlement of the
- Nooksack Lowland to 1890. Bellingham: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, 1975.
- Tremaine, David G., Indian and Pioneer Settlement in the
- Nooksack Lowland to 1890. Occasional Paper no. 4 (Bellingham, Wash.: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington State College, 1975).
- Turbeville, Daniel E., The Electric Railway Era in Northwest
- Washington, 1890-1930. Bellingham: Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, 1979.
- Whatcom County Historical Society, Whatcom Memories. A
- PhotoAlbum (Vancouver, WA: Pediment Publishing, 1999).
- Wilhelm, Honor L., "Whatcom County, Washington," The Coast,
- XIV (3), September 1907, pp. 123-128.
III - THE TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES OF WHATCOM COUNTY
1. Bellingham:
- "A History of Bellingham," (n.d.), Center for Pacific Northwest
- Studies, Western Washington University.
- Black, Alfred L., "City of Bellingham," The Coast,
- XIV (3), September 1907, pp. 129-133.
- City of Bellingham, "Bellingham-History," (n.d.) typed manuscript,
- Local History Reference Collection, Bellingham Public Library.
- Courtney, Dale E., "Bellingham: An Urban Analysis." Unpublished M.
- A. Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Washington, 1950.
- Donovan, J. J., "Bellingham's Transportational Facilities," The
- Coast, XIV (3), September 1907, pp. 146-148.
- Dorothy Koert, "History of Bellingham Parks and Recreation," Folder
- 28, Pacific Northwest Miscellaneous Collections, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington.
- Elaine L. Zobrist, "Ghost Towns of Lake Whatcom," (1979), Local
- History Reference Collection, Bellingham Public Library.
- Joy, Aaron, "A History of Bellingham's Parks: A Historical and
- Photographic Tour," (Bellingham, Wash.: Aaron Joy, 1999).
- Moore, F. Stanley, "An Historical Geography of the Settlement
- around Lake Whatcom prior to 1920," (Bellingham, Wash.: Institute for Freshwater Studies, Western Washington State College, 1973).
- Murray, Keith, "Bellingham Parks," (n.d.) Folder 37, Pacific
- Northwest Miscellaneous Collections, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University.
- Roth, Lottie Roeder, History of Whatcom County
- (Chicago: Pioneer Historical Publishing Company, 1926).
- Roth, Lottie Roeder, "Of Early Days at Bellingham," The Coast,
- XIV (3), September 1907, pp. 133-139.
- Roth, Lottie Roeder, "Whatcom County," (n.d.) manuscript, Center
- for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University.
- Scott, James W., and Daniel E. Turbeville III, Early Industries
- of Bellingham Bay and Whatcom County. A Photographic Essay,(Bellingham, WA: Fourth Corner Registry, 1980).
- Scott, James W., and Daniel E. Turbeville III, Whatcom County in
- Maps, 1832-1937, (Bellingham, WA: Fourth Corner Registry, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, 1983).
- Turbeville, Daniel E., An Illustrated Inventory of Historic
- Bellingham Buildings, 1852-1915. Bellingham: Arts Commission, 1977.
2. Fairhaven:
- Fairhaven Illustrated. Chicago: Baldwin, Calcutt & Blakely
- Publishing Co., 1890.
- Hunsby, George, The Birth, Death and Resurrection of Fairhaven.
- Bellingham, 1976.
- Visscher, William Lightfoot, Way Out Yonder. Chicago: Laird &
- Lee, 1898. (A novel.)
3. Ferndale:
- Siegel, Chris C., Early History of Ferndale and Ten Mile Township.
- Bellingham: Whatcom Museum Press, 1973. (First published in 1948.)
4. Lynden:
- Koert, Dorothy, Portrait of Lynden. Lynden, 1976.
5. New Whatcom:
- Hegg, E. A., Photographic Views of New Whatcom, Washington.
- New Whatcom, 1891.
6. Sumas:
- Jones, Roy Franklin, Boundary Town: Early Days in a Northwest
- Boundary Town. Vancouver, Washington, 1968.
7. Other:
- Thomas, Robert B., Chuckanut Chronicles. Bellingham, 1971.
IV - TIMBER
- Adams, Kramer A., Logging Railroads of the West. Seattle:
- Superior, 1961.
- Andrews, Ralph W., Glory Days of Logging. Seattle: Superior,
- 1956.
- Andrews, Ralph W., This Was Sawmilling. Seattle: Superior, 1957.
- Bacon, George H., Booming and Panicking on Puget Sound.
- Bellingham: Whatcom Museum of History & Art, 1970.
- Barrow, Susan H. L. & J. Allan Evans, Green Gold Harvest.
- Bellingham: Whatcom Museum of History & Art, 1969.
V - FISHING
- Andrews, Ralph W. & A. K. Larssen, Fish and Ships. Seattle:
- Superior, 1959.
- Carstensen, Vernon, "The Fisherman's Frontier on the Pacific
- Coast: The Rise of the Salmon-Canning Industry," The Frontier Challenge: Responses to the Trans-Mississippi West, edited by John G. Clark. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1971, pp. 57-80.
- Deming, E. B., "The Fishing Industry at Bellingham," The Coast,
- XIV (3), September 1907, pp. 149-153.
- Cobb, John N., "History of Fisheries in the State of Washington,"
- Washington Historical Quarterly, 20 (1929), pp.3-11.
- Cobb, John N., The Salmon Fisheries of the Pacific Coast.
- Washington, D. C.: U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, 1911.
- Cobb, John N., Pacific Salmon Fisheries. Washington, D. C.: U. S.
- Bureau of Fisheries, 1917, 1921, 1930. (An enlarged version of Cobb'sThe Salmon Fisheries of the Pacific Coast.)
- Huntoon, Burton W., "Oyster Growing Near Bellingham," The Coast,
- XIV (3), September 1907, pp. 162-163.
- Mitchell, C. M., The Salmon Industry of Puget Sound as Conducted
- at the Cannery of the Pacific American Fisheries. Chicago & Bellingham: Deming & Gould Co., 1920.
- Radke, August C., Pacific American Fisheries Inc.: A History of a
- Washington State Salmon Packing Company, 1890-1966. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland Company, Inc., 2002).
VII - AGRICULTURE
- Johnson, Dorothy H. & P. R. Jeffcott, John A. Tennant: Early
- Pioneer and Preacher. Bellingham: Fourth Corner Registry, 1978.
- Kline, R. L., "Agricultural Resources," (of Whatcom County), The
- Coast, XIV (3), September 1907, pp. 164-166.
- White, Richard, "Poor Men on Poor Land: The Back-to-the-Land
- Movement of the Early Twentieth Century: A Case Study." Pacific Historical Review, XLIX (1980), pp. 105-131.
VIII - NEWSPAPERS
Among newspapers of the county might be mentioned:
- The Northern Light (Whatcom's earliest newspaper of 1858.)
- Bellingham Bay Mail (Later the Puget Sound Mail when moved to La Conner in 1879.)
- American
- American-Reveille
- Blaine Tribune
- The Journal (Blaine)
- Lynden Pioneer Press
- Whatcom Reveille and its successors
- The Blade
- Fairhaven Herald
- Bellingham Herald
- Fairhaven World
- Bellingham Bay Express
- Exponent
- Puget Sound American
- Lynden Tribune
- Ferndale Record
- Sumas News
- International Vidette (Sumas)
- The Nooksack Reporter
- IX - DOCUMENTARY FILMS
“Centennial Stories: 100 Years on Bellingham Bay” Center for Pacific Northwest Studies and Blackdog Projections, (2004).
A documentary film written and produced by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies in partnership with BlackDog productions. The film explores the history of Bellingham through the oral interviews with six long-time residents. Former Port Commissioner Tut Asmundson, Lummi Elder Pauline Hillaire, former WWU instructor and artist Jane Hovde, Fairhaven pharmacist Gordy Tweit, Betty Russell, and George Davenport all share their stories of the history and development of Bellingham.
“Creek Story”Center for Pacific Northwest Studies and Micromedia Productions(2002).
This documentary film was produced by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, directed by Dan Hammill & Sukhi Sanghera, and funded by Whatcom Community Foundation. The film is a comprehensive 30-minute documentary video exploring the history of Whatcom Creek and the meaning of this historic natural resource to the Bellingham community. The film examines the social and cultural history surrounding the creek, and the impact of economic and industrial development over the past two centuries. The film also explores the 1999 pipeline explosion in Whatcom Creek Park. The issues surrounding the explosion highlight several recurring themes in the larger history of the Bellingham community and its utilization of local natural resources. The film features interviews with notable community members and government officials including Mayor Mark Asmundson, environmental leaders, Lummi elders, and interviews and narration by WWU faculty.