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Forklift Masts Bellingham - The city of Bellingham, Washington is situated in Whatcom County where it serves as a county seat. The city of Bellingham is the twelfth-largest city within Washington State. The city includes the former towns of Bellingham, Fairhaven, Sehome and Whatcom.

Bellingham residents small-city pace, and convenient access to the North Cascades Mountains and San Juan Islands. The city of Bellingham is not far from the bigger urban centers of Seattle and Vancouver.

The name Bellingham (comes from Bellingham Bay, that got its name from Sir William Bellingham, a Royal Navy Controller. George Vancouver named the bay when he explored the region in the year 1792.

The area now referred to as the city of Bellingham was first home to the Coast Salish peoples. The first European settlers came here in 1854 and established a small mill town. Four years afterward, thousands of scalawags, miners and storekeepers from California descended on the area during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. The mill township was referred to as Whatcom back then, and it boomed into a busy seaport. Whatcom served as the base township for the Whatcom Trail, which fortune seekers traversed to access the Fraser Canyon goldfields. The trail was mostly used despite an edict by colonial Governor James Douglas stipulating that anybody going to the goldfields should do so through Victoria, British Columbia.

When construction, manufacturing and mining decline, the average annual income of Bellingham people has also declined. Income in Bellingham and the county of Whatcom have been declining for over 30 years as service-oriented jobs take over from more profitable jobs associated to goods production. Service jobs now account for three-quarters of non-agricultural employment in the county. The mean annual salary in Bellingham is just less than $40,000, and the increase in income have not kept pace with housing costs. Homes sell within Bellingham area for more than the statewide median home price of $260,900.

Each and every Sunday starting from early April to late December, the Bellingham Farmers Market offers 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 an official of the city throw a cabbage to a long standing vendor.