Lelah Jackson Edson’s The Fourth Corner: Highlights from the Early Northwest chronicles the pioneer history and coastal geography of the extreme upper-left corner of Washington State. The narrative focuses extensively on the early settlements of Whatcom County, tracing the development of communities nestled along the shores of Bellingham Bay and beneath the towering peak of Mount Baker. By documenting the establishment of outposts like Fort Bellingham and the challenging expansion of local railroad networks, the book vividly maps how settlers adapted to this rugged maritime terrain just south of the British Columbia border.

Frontier and pioneer life, Frontier and pioneer life Northwest, Pacific, History, Northwest, Pacific History, Pacific Northwest

Reprint of the 1951 ed., with an introd. by A.B. Loop

Reprint of the 1951 ed., with an introd. by A.B. Loop