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| '''Fort Bellingham (1856-1863)''' - Built by U.S. Army Captain [[George E. Pickett]] and Company D of the Ninth Infantry Regiment out of [[:Category:Fort Steilacoom]]. Construction started 26 Aug 1856 on a bluff overlooking Bellingham Bay. The fort was built to prevent attacks by Indians from Canada and the Russian territory on the bayside villages of Fairhaven, Sehome and Whatcom.
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| Captain [[George E. Pickett]] was a long time friend of President Lincoln, a graduate of West Point and veteran of the Mexican War. Pickett left Bellingham in 1861 and became a Confederate General during the Civil War.
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| Only traces of the fort remain today.
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| '''Location:''' Bellingham, Washington
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=7098 History Link]
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| * [http://www.acadweb.wwu.edu/cpnws/default.htm Center for Pacific Northwest Studies]
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