A mining millionaire paid $50,000 for 4,071 acres of Los Angeles land in 1882; 14 years later he gave 3,015 acres to the city, creating Griffith Park and the ground for its famous observatory
- Photo credit (L-R): Wikimedia Commons; Visitcalifornia.comIn 1882, mining millionaire Griffith J.
- Griffith paid $50,000 for 4,071 acres of ranchland in the Santa Monica Mountains, a purchase that would reshape Los Angeles for generations.
- Fourteen years later, in 1896, he donated 3,015 acres of that land to the city, creating what is now Griffith Park and setting aside the hillside that would later hold the Griffith Observatory.
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- Photo credit (L-R): Wikimedia Commons; Visitcalifornia.comIn 1882, mining millionaire Griffith J.
- Griffith paid $50,000 for 4,071 acres of ranchland in the Santa Monica Mountains, a purchase that would reshape Los Angeles for generations.
- Fourteen years later, in 1896, he donated 3,015 acres of that land to the city, creating what is now Griffith Park and setting aside the hillside that would later hold the Griffith Observatory.
Sources: Times of India