Mrs. Roberts and Fort Bellingham

ID: 374 ~ Source: Vouri, Mike. The Pig War: Standoff at Griffin Bay. Seattle: Discover Your Northwest, 2016 ~ Creator: Neil Christenson

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Mrs. Roberts was evicted from her homestead by Capt. George Pickett to make way for Fort Bellingham's construction.

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Fort Bellingham – The Army’s Northernmost Outpost in the Pacific Northwest

By Neil Christenson

Fort Bellingham was established in 1856 by the US Army to be a northern outpost protecting the growing communities of Whatcom County. Constructed on a bluff overlooking Bellingham Bay and at the mouth of the Nooksack River, the fort was able to…