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People Who Helped Shape Bellingham

Henry Roeder

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Whatcom Museum of History & Art Collection: Center for Pacific NW Studies Western Washington University

Image from Lelah Jackson Edson, The Fourth Corner: Highlights from the Early Northwest (Bellingham, WA: Whatcom Museum of History & Art, 1968)

     Captain Henry Roeder.
Galen Biery Collection: Center for Pacific NW Studies Western Washington University

Galen Biery Collection #128 Center for Pacific NW Studies, WWU

 The Roeder-Roth house, 1954. Designed by architect William Cox, and completed in 1897, the building was located at the north west corner of Elm and Monroe Streets until its demolition in 1956.

Dirty Dan Harris

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Galen Biery Collection: Center for Pacific NW Studies Western Washington University

Galen Biery Collection.

     Dan Harris with his row boat in Fairhaven, 1884.

Ella Higginson

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Ella Higginson Collection: Center for Pacific NW Studies Western Washington University

Portrait of Ella Higginson, undated, from the Ella Higginson Collection. Center for Pacific NW Studies, WWU
Galen Biery Collection: Center for Pacific NW Studies Western Washington University

Galen Biery Collection #802 Center for Pacific NW Studies, WWu

     Ella Higginson's home on 903 High Street, at the corner Pine and High Street, ca.1890-1910.






John & Clara Tennant

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P.R. Jeffcott Collection: Center for Pacific NW Studies Western Washington University

P.R. Jeffcott Collection #704 Center for Pacific NW Studies, WWU

     Portrait of John Tennant.
P.R. Jeffcott Collection: Center for Pacific NW Studies Western Washington University

P.R. Jeffcott Collection #706 Center for Pacific NW Studies, WWU

     Portrait of Clara Tennant.
P.R. Jeffcott Collection: Center for Pacific NW Studies Western Washington University

P.R. Jeffcott Collection #71 Center for Pacific NW Studies, WWU

     Methodist Church in Ferndale, built in 1882 by Rev. John A. Tennant and Rev. Atwood, 1893.










Edward & Theresa Eldridge

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P.R. Jeffcott Collection: Center for Pacific NW Studies Western Washington University

P.R. Jeffcott Collection #1100 Center for Pacific NW Studies, WWU

     Eldridge Mansion, undated.







The Bellingham Herald's Chronological and Biographical History of Northwest Washington: Center for Pacific NW Studies Western Washington University

Image from The Bellingham Herald's Chronological and Biographical History of Northwest Washington (1910), page 12.

     Edward Eldridge.






The Bellingham Herald's Chronological and Biographical History of Northwest Washington: Center for Pacific NW Studies Western Washington University

Image from The Bellingham Herald's Chronological and Biographical History of Northwest Washington (1910), page 12.

     Theresa Eldridge.






The maps and text above are from the book Early Industries of Bellingham Bay and Whatcom County by James W.Scott and Daniel E. Turbeville III.