John Bennett and his heather from Mt. Beaker

Caption on front in ink: "John Bennett and his heather from Mt. Beaker 1868" Bennett stands by a small round table pointing at a pot of heather. Bennett came to Whatcom in 1858 from Glasgow, Scotland seeking gold and worked in the Sehome Coal Mine earning enough to purchase the Compton Claim beyond the Eldridge homestead. He was a horticulturist who started the first nursery in Whatcom which was the source of many Whatcom County plants.

Creators/Contributors

Biery, Galen - Collector

Collection

Biery (Galen) Papers and Photographs

Date Created

Circa 1868 (date is approximate)

Extent

1 black and white negative

Publisher

Digital objects made available by the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

Physical location

  • WaBeCP
  • Western Washington University

Repository

Center for Pacific Northwest Studies

Resource type

still image

Related to

Galen Biery papers and photographs

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Identifier

gb2884

Subject Geographic

Genre

Images

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