Historical Marker
Francis Marion Borax Smith
Historical marker location:
2014 Park Boulevard, Oakland, California
( Marker can be reached from Park Boulevard near 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling west.)
1846 - 1931.
California has the largest economy of any state in the U.S. and the fifth largest economy in the world. The state's GDP in 2021 was $3.2 trillion, which is larger than the GDP of many countries, including Canada, Russia, and Australia.