At the time of his death, Owen Brown was the last survivor of John Brown’s historic raid on Harpers Ferry. He died in Altadena on Jan. 8, 1889. When his funeral was held two days later, a local ...
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday to designate the gravesite of abolitionist Owen Brown as a Los Angeles County Historical Landmark, marking the conclusion of a ...
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to designate abolitionist Owen Brown’s gravesite in Altadena a county historic landmark. Brown was a son of prominent anti-slavery ...