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This Month in Bellinghistory
WRITTEN BY KOLBY LABREE OF BELLINGHISTORY TOURS WITH THE GOOD TIME GIRLS
June 12, 1889
The viaduct over the Whatcom Creek Estuary connecting the towns of Whatcom and Sehome was completed. Known today as Holly Street, much of the tidelands that surrounded the creek have since been filled in.
June 18, 1950
The Mount Baker Theatre advertised that on Father’s Day, dads would be admitted free and given a free cigar courtesy of the Horseshoe Smoke Shop.
July 11, 1891
The Bellingham Bay Express reported on a three-legged chicken exhibited at a store on Holly Street: “The third [leg] is tacked on behind and is about as useful as some of the office-holders that our political leaders see fit to appoint at times.”
July 24, 1930
A group of boys swimming at Squalicum Beach learned a freight car did not make a good bath house, as their clothing was some distance up the track when they returned.
