A Seattle shipbuilder sold his company for a reported $3.5 million in 1906 and built an Orcas Island estate; 15 years later he donated more than 2,700 acres to Washington to create Moran State Park
- Moran lived for another 38 years and left behind one of the largest gifts of private land in Washington State.
- Rise of a Seattle titanMoran arrived in Seattle in 1875 at age 18, with almost nothing.
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- Moran lived for another 38 years and left behind one of the largest gifts of private land in Washington State.
- Rise of a Seattle titanMoran arrived in Seattle in 1875 at age 18, with almost nothing.
Sources: Times of India