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Fairhaven, WA

Bellingham Bay boomtown

Tidal mudflat Source-confirmed findsGray area
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: 1889-1900s railroad-speculation boomtown saloon.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1890s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Puget Sound (Bellingham Bay)

A 1890 Sanborn of an overnight railroad-boom town on Bellingham Bay pins a brief, saloon-dense build-out squarely in the peak bottle years.

Keep exploring nearby

More spots in this area.

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