Editing Lynden, Washington (section)

==History==

Lynden was founded in 1870 by [[Phoebe Judson]] and her husband, Holden, on the lands of the indigenous [[Nooksack people]], who referred to the area as ''{{lang|nok|Squahalish}}''.<ref name="HistoryLink">{{cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=January 20, 2008 |title=Lynden — Thumbnail History |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/8393 |work=[[HistoryLink]] |accessdate=November 6, 2024}}</ref> Judson named the settlement's [[post office]] in 1893 after the riverside town in ''[[s:Hohenlinden|Hohenlinden]]'', a poem by [[Thomas Campbell (poet)|Thomas Campbell]]. According to her book, ''A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home'', Judson changed the spelling of "Linden" to be more visually appealing.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> Lynden was officially incorporated as a city on March 16, 1891.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=July 4, 2017 |title=Lynden incorporates on March 16, 1891. |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/20400 |work=HistoryLink |accessdate=November 6, 2024}}</ref> A statue of Judson at the intersection of Front and 6th Street was dedicated in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bratt |first=Calvin |date=March 1, 2017 |title=Phoebe Judson statue to be dedicated |url=https://www.lyndentribune.com/news/phoebe-judson-statue-to-be-dedicated/article_f3921f0a-fe28-11e6-9e6f-9f709aef8a5e.html |work=[[Lynden Tribune]] |accessdate=November 6, 2024}}</ref>

The city lies in a broad valley formed by the [[Nooksack River]], which empties into nearby [[Bellingham Bay]]. The valley's forests were logged in the 1870s by the first wave of American settlers and the clearing of [[log jam]]s on the Nooksack River at the end of the decade opened more land to farming.<ref name="Herald-History1981">{{cite news |last=Twitchell |first=Linda |date=September 21, 1981 |title=Lynden's beginnings...The Dutch tilled fields cleared by earlier generation |page=A1 |work=[[The Bellingham Herald]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bellingham-herald-lyndens-beginning/158577187/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=November 6, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Herald-Hometown1991">{{cite news |last=Sabbatini |first=Mark |date=July 3, 1991 |title=Lynden retains a hometown flavor |page=E3 |work=The Bellingham Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bellingham-herald-lynden-retains-a-h/158576832/ |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=November 6, 2024}}</ref> The first road connecting to [[Bellingham, Washington|Whatcom]] (now Bellingham) was completed in 1875 and railroads reached Lynden a decade later. The region's raspberry, strawberry, and blueberry farms emerged after World War I alongside the dairy and poultry industries.<ref name="Herald-History1981"/><ref name="Herald-Hometown1991"/>

The region saw significant Dutch immigration in the early and mid-20th century and the establishment of [[Calvinist]] churches and [[Dutch language]] schools.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> The city began promoting its Dutch heritage in the 1980s, including the springtime Holland Days festival and a Sinterklaas celebration in December. Several building along Front Street were renovated with Dutch designs and businesses were renamed to match with "Dutch" names and products.<ref name="HistoryLink"/><ref name="Times-1995"/> Lynden retained its Dutch churches—numbering 28 by 1995—and many businesses voluntarily closed their stores on Sundays.<ref name="Times-1995">{{cite news |last=Duncan |first=Don |date=August 20, 1995 |title=Lynden: Neatness, windmills and nicely-mowed lawns |page=K1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19950820/2137185/small-town-washington----lynden-neatness-windmills-and-nicely-mowed-lawns |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |accessdate=November 6, 2024}}</ref> By 2010, the city's population had grown to nearly 12,000 and only 30&nbsp;percent of Lynden residents claimed [[Dutch Americans|Dutch ancestry]].<ref>{{cite web |date=February 6, 2017 |title=City of Lynden Comprehensive Plan |pages=11–12 |url=https://lyndenwa.org/DocumentCenter/View/280/2016-Lynden-Comprehensive-Plan-Update-PDF |publisher=City of Lynden |accessdate=November 6, 2024}}</ref>

In 2005, a [[Smuggling tunnels#US–Canada|drug smuggling tunnel]] was discovered in Lynden, built by a band of Canadian smugglers in the basement of a residence {{convert|5|mi|km}} north of Lynden along the Canada–U.S. border. At the time, this was the only known drug tunnel along the border.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McClary |first=Daryl C. |date=November 29, 2006 |title=Federal agents shut down a drug-smuggling tunnel on the U.S.-Canadian border and arrest three men on July 20, 2005. |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/7928 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=September 7, 2022}}</ref>

The first time that a presumptive presidential nominee of a U.S. major political party came to Lynden during a general election year was in May 2016, when [[Donald Trump]] visited the city.<ref name="''Seattle Times'', May 7, 2016">{{cite news |date=May 7, 2016 |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/trump-in-spokane-promises-hell-carry-washington-state-in-november/ |work=The Seattle Times |title=Trump in Lynden: Scornful of doubters and confident in November victory}}</ref> The rally was originally planned to take place at [[Boeing Field]] in [[Seattle]], but was relocated to Lynden after the permits were allegedly denied.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brunner |first=Jim |date=May 6, 2016 |title=Trump rally lands in Lynden after he couldn't get Boeing Field |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/trump-picks-tiny-lynden-after-getting-rebuffed-in-seattle/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=November 1, 2024}}</ref> The rally drew "thousands" of people and protestors outside of the venue; over $129,000 in extra policing and security costs were attributed to the event.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wohlfeil |first=Samantha |date=May 31, 2016 |title=Trump's rally in Lynden cost taxpayers $155,000 and counting |url=https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article80211802.html |work=The Bellingham Herald |accessdate=November 1, 2024}}</ref>