Publications of the Whatcom County Historical Society

The Saxon Story: Early Pioneers on the South Fork
by Marie Hamel Royer, 1982
A history of the European immigrants who settled along the South Fork of the Nooksack River in northwest Washington in the 1880s. Written by one of their daughters. Recommended for anyone interested in northwest history.

The Sue Boynton Story
by Dorothy Koert, 1982
The biography of a matriarch known for 75 years of devotion to enhancing the quality of life of the Bellingham community. Written by a well-known author of other Whatcom County history books. Especially recommended to anyone interested in aging.

The Harris Journal: Memoir of William H. Harris, Whatcom County Probate Judge, 1883-1889
An eyewitness account of a Whatcom County settler who owned the George Pickett House, was elected Whatcom County Probate Judge, and assisted in the development of the first two homesites at Lake Samish (south of Bellingham), all in the span of six years. Reprinted, 1994. Edited by Neill D. Mullen.

Heart on My Sleeve
Poems by Sue C. Boynton, 1980.
Edited by Hope B. Friedmann. Illustrated by Janet Hardin.
Includes works on Faith, Friends and County, and Home and Family.

Mount Baker Theatre: 75th Anniversary, April 29, 2002
Compiled and edited by Carole Teshima Morris.
Historical photographs, interviews, and memorabilia from the first 75 years of the Mount Baker Theatre. Chapters include: The Building, The Grand Opening, The Early Years.

The Brothels of Bellingham: A Short History of Prostitution in Bellingham, Wash.
By Curtis F. Smith, D.D.S., 2004
The first history of the world's oldest profession as practiced in Bellingham, Washington. Includes interviews with George Hunsby and Clem Wallace.

Number One, April 2000: Esther Ross and the Stillaguamish Tribe; Civilian Conservation Corps in Whatcom County; James Tilton Pickett; Bellingham Place Name; Nooksacht's Trail and Crossing; Lummi River; Bellingham Elks Club; Japanese-American Relocation; and personal memoirs.

Number Two, Oct. 2001: Wool Dogs of the Coast Salish; Great White Fleet; Ku Klux Klan in Bellingham; Development of Radio and Television in Bellingham; Northwest Boundary Survey; Terminal Building; Bellingham Bay and Eastern Railroad; Coal Mines; and personal memoirs.

Number Three, Dec. 2002: Territorial County Courthouse (T.G. Richards Building); Akers Taxidermist; R.I. Morse; Bellingham Theater Guild; Jake Steiner; Railroad Comes to Ferndale.

Number Four, April 2004: Bellingham Centennial; Walkathon; North Street Trolley; Bellingham Shipyards and Arthur M. Nordtvedt; Ferndale's Pioneer Park; and personal memoirs.

Number Five, Dec. 2004: Jack Carver; Barber's Hand Weaving; Fairhaven Library; Vera Dollenjack Hansen; J. Wilbur Sandison Collection at Whatcom Museum.

Number Six, "The Entertainment Issue," Dec. 2005: Hotel Laube Music Scene; Bellingham's First Movie Theaters; Drive-In Movie Theaters; Bellingham Vaudeville; Jim Warwick; Nellie Browne Duff; Mount Baker Theatre.

Number Seven, "Enterprise Edition," March 2007: Cigar Era; Agriculture; Chinese Coalminers; Chuckanut Sandstone Quarries; Bert W. Huntoon and the Mount Baker Lodge.

Number Eight, Dec. 2008: Flower Bulb Farming in Whatcom County; Hillview Dairy; Virginia I. McGinnis; Basketball, Baseball; T.G. Richards Building; "Whatcom: Then and Now" addendum.

Number Nine, Dec. 2009: Bark Ann Parry; Morgan Mansion; Capt. J.W. Forsyth at Fort Bellingham; Walter Matthau's Connection to Bellingham; Grand Central Hotel; and personal memoir.

Special Edition, Bellingham Centennial, April 2004 (in cooperation with WWU): Bellingham Centennial; Therapeutic Sanitariums; Spanish Influenza; Women Workers and World War II; Building Interstate 5.

Special Edition, Model School: A History of the Campus School at Western Washington University, 1899-1967, Aug. 2007.

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