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 Forklift Attachments Bellingham - Bellingham, Washington is situated in Whatcom County where it serves as a county seat. The city is the 12th-biggest city within Washington. Bellingham includes the former townships of Fairhaven, Bellingham, Sehome and Whatcom.
Bellingham's residents get to enjoy the pace of a small-city with great access to the North cascades Mountains and San Juan Islands. The city of Bellingham is not far from the larger urban centers of Vancouver and Seattle.
The city is named after Bellingham Bay, that was named to honor Sir William Bellingham, a Royal Navy controller. Bellingham Bay, which got its name from a Royal Navy controller, Sir William Bellingham George Vancouver named the bay when he explored the area in the year 1792.
The original inhabitants to the region were the Coast Salish peoples, while the very first inhabitants didn't settle in the area until the year 1854, when they set up a small mill township. Four years afterward, thousands of storekeepers, scalawags and miners from the state of California descended on the region during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. The mill town was called Whatcom then, and it boomed into a bustling seaport. Whatcom served as the base town for the Whatcom Trail, that fortune seekers traversed to access the Fraser Canyon goldfields. The trail was heavily utilized in spite of an edict by colonial Governor James Douglas stipulating that anyone going to the goldfields must do so via Victoria, British Columbia.
Ever since the decline of the area's manufacturing, mining and construction businesses, the residents of the city have likewise seen a decline in their average yearly income. For over 30 years, the city has seen a rise in service orientated jobs that has also contributed to the decline in average salaries. Service jobs now account for three-quarters of non-agricultural employment in the county. The mean yearly salary in Bellingham is just less than $40,000, and the increase in income have not kept pace with housing expenses. Homes sell within the city area for more than the statewide median home cost of $260,900.
Each Sunday from early April to late December, the Bellingham Farmers Market provides more than 50 vendors selling produce and other wares. The market also hosts music and community events. On the opening day of the market, the tradition of the city dictates that a city official throw a cabbage to a long standing vendor.
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