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F&S RR

The Fairhaven and Southern RailRoad was a rail road located in the northwest part of Washington State  built by the Fairhaven Land Co. founded by E. M. Wilson, E. L. Cowgill, Nelson Bennett, Charles X. Larrabee , and Samuel E. Larrabee  . Work on the road began in 1889 in Fairhaven, Washington , now part of Bellingham, Washington  the line was surveyed towards Lake Whatcom  and through Sehome , Washington ]] towards Sedro-Woolley, Washington . The line reached the coal mines in Skagit county in 1890, in 1891 the line connected to the Seattle and Montana Railroad  near Burlington, Washington . That road connected to the Great Northern Railroad .  
The Fairhaven Land Co. purchased the Canfield