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Went to a Juneteenth event last night — an interfaith thing among local churches my wife helped with. Learned a bunch I didn’t know. Among what I learned — that Owen Brown, John Brown’s son, became a big local figure in Pasadena and his grave up on a mountain is still a popular hike.

incredible photo. thanks for sharing.

That area has a ton of history, including the El Prieto Canyon trail, named for Robert Owens, a formerly-enslaved man who moved from Texas to Los Angeles in the 1850s and eventually became the wealthiest and most influential Black man in LA County during the 1860s. lowelifesrcc.org/2021/08/23/r...