Editing Maple Falls, Washington (section)

==History==
Among the first settlers of Maple Falls was Herbert Everant Leavitt, a native of [[Richmond, Quebec|Melbourne, Quebec]], Canada.<ref>Leavitt was a descendant of [[Moses Leavitt]] of [[Exeter, New Hampshire]], whose descendant Dudley Leavitt subsequently removed from [[New Hampton, New Hampshire]] to Quebec.</ref> After leaving Canada, Leavitt spent time in [[Truckee, California]], where he worked as a carpenter before setting out for Columbia Township in Washington state. In 1888 Leavitt took up a homestead in Whatcom County where present-day Maple Falls is located. Leavitt packed his supplies in from [[Bellingham, Washington]] some 30 miles to his new farm. In subsequent years, besides farming, Leavitt operated a blacksmith shop at Maple Falls, was the proprietor of a Bellingham restaurant, and ran two hotels, in addition to serving as county constable for some 24 years.<ref>[http://genealogytrails.com/wash/whatcom/Bios/bios_le.html History of Whatcom County, Vol. II, Lottie Roeder Roth, 1926, pp. 659&ndash;660, genealogytrails.com]</ref>