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Fairhaven Boom History of Bellingham—Nelson Bennett and the Fairhaven Boom |  The first town of Bellingham was located along the waterfront from what is now Douglas Avenue to about the south end of the Boulevard. The plat was dedicated and filed for record by A. A. Denny, David Phillips, and Dexter Horton—all of Seattle—May 16, 1871. The main street through old Bellingham was Front Street, which is now 10th Street. It was expected that Northern Pacific Railroad would make Bellingham its terminal. In 1873 Tacoma was chosen instead. | In 1888 millionaire Nelson Bennett, a big, broad-shouldered railroad contractor with a wide forehead and piercing eyes, came. He bought the townsite and added it to Fairhaven, resulting in the Fairhaven Boom. Dan Harris sold his townsite property for $70,000. |
The Fairhaven Land Company, capital $250,000, was incorporated November 26, 1888 by E. M. Wilson, E. L. Cowgill, Nelson Bennett, Charles X. Larrabee and Samuel E. Larrabee. J. J. Donovan, Bennett's engineer, came January 1889 with a pack on his back.
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