Another Totem

I went to the County Courthouse today to renew the Jetta license tabs, after paying the $20 late fine. I've been there many times before, but never when the lighting on the totem pole was satisfactory for a blip. I thought it was pretty good today.

The plaque next to the totem reads:

This memorial commemorates the arrival on Bellingham Bay of the first permanent white settlers, Captain Henry Roeder and Russell V. Peabody, searching for water power to turn a mill wheel. This site is near the mouth of Whatcom Creek where they were landed by Lummi Indians 100 years ago, December 15, 1852.
Dedicated December 15, 1952

There are photos of the mill (a sawmill) in the Whatcom Museum.

The fence and glass panels were erected around the totem after it was vandalized a couple of years ago.

There are a few more photos here.