| The Program | Select Center Maps and Photos |
| Links to Other Sites |
Contact Us |
| Draft History of Whatcom Creek by Chris Friday |
September 18, 1999
Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
| 9:00 | Exhibit Room Opens | Oral History Interviews begin. Donations of photographs and other objects will be welcomed throughout the day. |
| 9:30 | Welcoming Remarks | Chris Friday, Director, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies |
| 9:45 | Welcoming Remarks | Karen Morse, President, Western
Washington University Andrew Bodman, Provost, Western Washington University |
| 10:00 | Visions for the Future | Pete Kremen, Executive, Whatcom
County Mark Asmundson, Mayor, City of Bellingham |
| 11:00 | "A History of Whatcom Creek" | Tim Wahl, Bellingham Parks and Recreation, and Jeff Jewell, Whatcom Museum of History and Art |
| 12:00 | "A Personal History of Whatcom Falls Park" | Gene Fairbanks, Local Historian and Photographer |
| 12:30 | Tribal Perspectives | Tom Edwards, Lummi Natural Resources |
| 1:00 | Scientific and Environmental Understandings of Whatcom Creek | Wayne G. Landis, Director,
Institute of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Center for Environmental Science,
Huxley College of Environmental Studies, Western Washington University. Robin Matthews, Director, Institute for Watershed Studies, Center for Environmental Science, Huxley College of Environmental Studies, Western Washington University. Suzanne James, Fire Ecologist, Western Washington University. |
| 2:30 | Visions for the Future and the Restoration of the
Creek (Followed by Question and Answer Period) |
Clare Fogelsong, Superintendent of
Environmental Resources, City of Bellingham Tony Palagyi, Environmental Project Manager, Equiva Services (Olympic Pipeline) Mark Henderson, Water Quality Specialist, U.S. Department of Ecology Thor Cutler, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| 4:30 | Closing Remarks | Chris Friday |
| 4:45 | "Requiem," a song for the Creek and the Community | Flip Breskin, Bellingham composer and performer |
| 5:00 | Exhibit Room Closes |
Remembering Whatcom Creek Sponsors
The Center for Pacific Northwest Studies expresses its gratitute to the following institutions for their support:
The Center wishes to thank the following local businesses for their donations of time, support, and materials:
The Center thanks the following volunteers for their valuable time in planning and carrying out the event:
the Purpose of the Program
| Gathering | Sharing of Interpretations | A Publication |
| Oral Histories
from the community--How we have used the park, what happened the day of the blast, what
does the future hold? Photos, videos, drawings, letters, and more--From the earliest generations to the present. What has the park meant to us? All these materials will be maintained in the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies archives and will be available researchers for years posterity. |
Speakers throughout the day will give talks
on: The Geology of the Creek. The History of Human Involvement with the Creek. The Science of what happened during and since the blast. What City Officials envision the creek. Exhibits of select Center for Pacific Northwest Studies materials will be available for viewing. (See samples below.) |
The Center for Pacific Northwest Studies will
work toward the publication of a special volume. The volume will include historic photos and maps from its own collection and will include certain items collected from the community as well as chapters written by experts on the past, present, and future of the creek. This effort will only be possible with community donations. |
Contact us:
Chris
Friday (Director) or Elizabeth
Joffrion (Archivist)
The Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Goltz-Murray Archives Building
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA 98225-9123
(360) 650-7747
Some Select
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Images from the Collections
Images may not be reproduced without permission from the
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.
These and many other maps are available in Scott and Turbeville, Whatcom
County in Maps, for $9.95 from the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.
Detail of Hinks' 1892 Map of the Bay Cities
from Whatcom County In Maps
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies (Colors added)
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Detail of Hinks' 1912 Map of Bellingham
from Whatcom County In Maps
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies (Colors added)
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Detail of Hinks' 1912 Map of Bellingham
from Whatcom County In Maps
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies (Colors added)
Detail of Adams' 1922 Map of Bellingham
from Whatcom County In Maps
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies (Colors added)
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Detail of Adams' 1922 Map of Bellingham
from Whatcom County In Maps
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies (Colors added)
Details of Howard E. Buswell Photo 489
Whatcom Falls Park, c. 1920
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
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Detail of Howard E. Buswell Photo 568
Upper Whatcom Falls, July 1923
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Detail of Howard E. Buswell Photo 572
Lower Falls, Whatcom Creek
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Detail of, "Falls on the Whatcom,"
Western Washington University Art Department Photos, Volume 2
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
Links
to Other Sites of Interest
Whatcom Creek News--Whatcom County
Whatcom Creek News--Bellingham
Herald
National Public Radio, All Things Considered, February 23, 2000
Whatcom Creek News--City
of Bellingham
Safe Bellingham Project--RE Sources
Olympic Pipe Line Company
Chris
Friday's Home Page--WWU
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