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The Pickett House is the oldest house in the city of Bellingham, Washington, located on 910 Bancroft Street.Built in 1856 by United States Army Captain George Pickett, who later became a prominent general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Local history and legend credit one "Blanket" Bill Jarman as the first white man to reside in the area, possibly held captive by native peoples from 1841-1843. [ 2 ] The first substantial settlement was located on the north shore of Whatcom Creek where Whatcom Falls empties into the bay, a place the native peoples called What-coom (spelled ...
Image from the William Parker Johnson letters a special collection of Civil War Correspondence at the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections at Ohio University Libraries. The regiment was attached to 8th Brigade, Army of the Ohio to December 1861. 8th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio, to July 1862.
In the beginning of his career, he worked as a trader in Victoria and Langley, Canada, supplying international explorers, and then became one of the biggest local merchants in Lodi, Wisconsin, during the American Civil War. The Pettibones' family house in Bellingham, built on Eldridge Avenue, later became one of the city's historic buildings.
This two-story brick building was built in 1858 by the partnership of Thomas G. Richards and his brother Charles E. Richards, for a cost of US $8,000. A note in one of Howard Buswell's files, located in the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, identifies John Alexander (a prominent settler on Whidbey Island) as being in charge of the construction.
AeTopus (Bryan Tewell Hughes), electronic music composer and producer (works and resides in Bellingham) Tim Alexander, drummer of the rock band Primus, 1989–1996, 2003–2010, 2013–present; Daniel Anderson, founding member of Idiot Pilot (born in and currently resides in Bellingham) James Bertolino, widely published poet
Pages in category "History of Bellingham, Washington" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.