Seats for Forklifts Bellingham

Seats for Forklifts Bellingham - Bellingham (population 80,885) is a city within the state of Washington. It serves as the county seat of Whatcom County. The city is the twelfth-largest city in the state of Washington. The city includes the former townships of Fairhaven, Bellingham, Sehome and Whatcom.

Residents of Bellingham get to enjoy the pace of a small-city with great access to the North cascades Mountains and San Juan Islands. Bellingham is not far from the bigger urban centers of Vancouver and Seattle.

The name Bellingham (comes from Bellingham Bay, that got its name from Sir William Bellingham, a Royal Navy Controller. George Vancouver named the bay when he explored the area during 1792.

The area now called Bellingham was initially home to the Coast Salish peoples. The very first European settlers came here during the year 1854 and established a small mill town. Four years afterward, thousands of scalawags, miners and storekeepers from California State descended on the area during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush. The mill town was called Whatcom then, and it boomed into a busy seaport. Whatcom served as the base township for the Whatcom Trail, that fortune seekers traversed to access the Fraser Canyon goldfields. The trail was heavily used in spite of an announcement by colonial Governor James Douglas stipulating that anyone going to the goldfields must do so through Victoria, British Columbia.

As manufacturing, mining and construction decline, the average annual income of Bellingham people has also declined. Income within Bellingham and Whatcom County have been declining for over 30 years as service-oriented jobs take over from more lucrative jobs associated to goods production. Service jobs currently account for three-quarters of non-agricultural employment in the county. The mean annual salary in the city of Bellingham is just less than $40,000, and the increase in salary have not kept pace with housing costs. Houses sell in Bellingham area for more than the statewide median home price of $260,900.

Each and every Sunday starting from early April to late December, the Bellingham Farmers Market provides over 50 vendors selling produce and other wares. The market also hosts community events and music. On the market's opening day, the tradition of the city dictates that a city official throw a cabbage to a long standing vendor.