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5 unusual facts about Bellingham


A Dangerous Man

Fearing that the cops will implicate him in the death of the trooper and knowing that the Chinese national will return with back-up, Shane takes the girl, the cash, and Sergey into the nearest small town, which is called Bellingham.

A Movie Script Ending

The song begins with references to "the air on Railroad" and "the shopfronts on Holly," Railroad and Holly being two intersecting streets in downtown Bellingham, Washington, Death Cab for Cutie's hometown.

David Lindsay Keir

Keir was born in Northumberland to William Keir and Elizabeth (Craig) Keir; his Scottish father was a Presbyterian minister, and moved several times during Keir's childhood, from Bellingham to Newcastle, Birkenhead, and finally Glasgow, where Keir attended the independent school, Glasgow Academy.

Pirate Joe's

To facilitate his business model, Hallatt made weekly trips to Trader Joe's stores in nearby Washington (particularly Bellingham) with an unmarked van to purchase products, spending $4000 to $5000 on each trip.

Walter B. Beals

He began law studies under an attorney’s supervision, but ill health prompted his move to Bellingham, Washington.


AeTopus

Between 1987 and 1997, he played bass guitar in local Blues, Reggae, Funk, and Punk bands in Moscow, Idaho (where he earned a B.F.A. in Fine Arts/Painting at University of Idaho in 1989), Portland, Oregon, and his current home of Bellingham, Washington.

Bellingham baronets

The Bellingham Baronetcy, of Dubber in the County of Dublin, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 18 March 1667 for Daniel Bellingham, Deputy Receiver-General and Vice-Treasurer of Ireland and Lord Mayor of Dublin.

Bellingham Bay and British Columbia Railroad

The company was capitalized for $10,000,000, with its aim to build a line from Bellingham (then known as Whatcom) to Burrard Inlet now located in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada, a distance of about 56 miles.

Bellingham International Airport

In 1985, Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) introduced Bellingham's first ever passenger jet service with McDonnell Douglas MD-80 flights direct to Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco.

Ben Kinney

Ben Kinney is an entrepreneur, professional speaker, author and real estate agent with Keller Williams in Bellingham, Washington.

BLI

Bellingham International Airport, a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of Bellingham, in Whatcom County, Washington, USA

Chelsea Cain

In 1978, she moved with her mother to Bellingham, Washington, where she attended Lowell Elementary School, Fairhaven Middle School and Sehome High School.

Chet Orloff

Orloff was born in Bellingham, Washington to business financier Monford Orloff and Janice Diamond Orloff, and raised in Washington and Portland, Oregon.

Cornwall Park

Cornwall Church in Bellingham, Washington (formerly known as Cornwall Park Church of God)

Cris Moss

He has exhibited both nationally and internationally, including The Melbourne International Arts Festival, Australia, Nottdance, UK, Display Gallery in Prague, Maccarone Inc. in New York City, Swiss Institute - Contemporary Art in New York City, Elizabeth Leach Gallery Portland, Oregon, Whatcom Art Museum, Bellingham, Washington, and Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana.

Eastsound, Washington

Steamboats of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet used to dock at East Sound, one such vessel was the Sioux, a steel steamship built in 1910 and running out of Bellingham under the ownership of the Black Ball Line.

Emerald Bay

Emerald Bay, a ballet about the Chinese Expulsion in Bellingham, Washington of 1885, with choreography by John Bishop and based on an original story by Christopher Wise.

First Town-House, Boston

The building also housed the Colonial government, with Governors Endecott, Bellingham, Leverett and Bradstreet presiding under the old charter, then Edmund Andros, followed by Phips, Stoughton, Bellomont and Dudley under the new charter.

Forster Memorial Park

It is located between Bellingham Road and Whitefoot Lane, Catford – an area still referred to as Southend or Southend Village.

Ginkgo dissecta

The holotype leaf is numbered number WWU-GK-020 and the paratype is number WWU-GK-008, both of which are currently preserved in the paleobotanical collections of Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.

Harbor Airlines

Destinations served earlier in its history include Bellingham, Hoquiam and Mount Vernon in Washington, as well as Astoria and Portland in Oregon.

History of Bellingham, Washington

A fictionalized account of the history of Bellingham in this era is "The Living" by Annie Dillard.

John Bellingham

Bellingham was immediately restrained and was identified by Isaac Gascoyne, MP for Liverpool.

John Mallory

Mallory was the son of William Mallory and his wife Dorothy Bellingham daughter of Sir James Bellingham of Levens, in Westmorland.

Lake Samish

Visible to the West of Interstate 5 when travelling between Alger and Bellingham, Lake Samish is heavily used for recreation in the summer months by local residents.

Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle

PACV serial number 004 is the only surviving British Hovercraft Corporation-built US Navy PACV, and is currently preserved at the Bellingham International Maritime Museum.

Samantha Ferris

Samantha Ferris (born November 2, 1968) is a Canadian actress and in the mid-1990s was a television reporter for the Bellingham, Washington station KVOS TV-12 and Vancouver's BCTV, where she went by the name Janie Ferris.

Seattle Windshield Pitting Epidemic

Originating in Bellingham in March, police initially believed the work to be vandals using BB guns.

Taco Time Northwest

Today, the company serves as headquarters to 73 restaurants, spanning from Bellingham to Longview, and including locations in Eastern Washington (Moses Lake and East Wenatchee).

Whatcom Middle School

In 1903, North Side High School was built to service the city of Bellingham, the conglomerate of four communities that surrounded Bellingham Bay - Whatcom, Bellingham, Sehome, and Fairhaven.


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