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Charles X. Larrabee was a benefactor of Fairhaven and Bellingham with his wife Frances Payne Larrabee, giving Larrabee State Park, Fairhaven Park, Elizabeth Park, land for Fairhaven Library, land for Fairhaven Middle School, land for Larrabee School, and the Bellingham YWCA Building. He was the discoverer of the copper mines of Butte, Montana, an architect of the Fairhaven Boom, owner of the Fairhaven Hotel, principal of the Fairhaven Land Co., president of Fairhaven & Southern Railroad, president of Citizens Bank, owner of Roslyn Cascade Coal Co., and played a pioneer role in Pacific American Fisheries. He was also a horseman and philanthropist.
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Bellingham, Washington · United States
