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History · Belfair
Belfair’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold no old photos of Belfair yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
What stands out about Belfair’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start Belfair’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Belfair’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story How Belfair came to be From Wikipedia’s history of Belfair.
Read it all → Belfair was originally referred to as Clifton, as were several other towns in the state. To avoid confusion, it was renamed in 1925 by Mrs. Murray, then postmaster, who submitted the name Belfair from a book that she was then reading.
Text from Wikipedia , licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 .
By decade
Belfair, decade by decade Famous people Famous people close to Belfair Nobody well known was born in Belfair itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Memory lane What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Has Belfair changed for the better?
Yes I miss the old days
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What used to stand where something else is now in Belfair? → Who remembers Belfair in the 1950s? → A family story from old Belfair → Does anyone have photos of Belfair from the 1990s? →
From Wikimedia Commons (6) and Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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