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The Owen Brown Gravesite Committee installed an interpretive sign to explain the significance of the monument as well as an interpretive sign to commemorate an even earlier resident of the the area, Robert Owens. Here is our website presentation of the two signs.<\/p>\n
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An Abolitionist Comes West<\/h1>\n
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Later, this raid was called the first battle of the Civil War. Ten raiders, including two of Owen\u2019s brothers, were killed in action. John Brown was among seven captured, tried, and hanged for treason.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”19px” text_line_height=”1.8em” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|11px||33px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]Owen escaped with four others. Yet, in the war that followed the words \u201cJohn Brown\u2019s body lies a moulderin\u2019 in the grave, but his soul goes marching on\u201d were sung as the Union\u2019s anthem. Owen and Jason carved paths into these mountains that remain to this day. They entertained a stream of visitors, their family as closely associated with the end of slavery as were their friends Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Frederick Douglass. When Owen caught pneumonia and died in January 1889, 2,000 people attended his funeral. A simple wood tablet marked his grave; nine years later this was replaced by the granite stone that has commemorated the gravesite ever since.<\/p>\n \u2206 View Location Map<\/a><\/span>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#3f6174″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”#3f6174 0%|rgba(255,255,255,0) 99%” background_color_gradient_overlays_image=”on” background_image=”https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/owen-brown-birdseye.jpg” custom_padding=”56px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” max_width=”100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.66)” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1898-Huntington-Archive.jpg” title_text=”1898-Huntington-Archive” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”2vw|3vw|2vw|3vw|true|true” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The granite headstone was added to Owen\u2019s grave in 1898 by Horatio N. Rust. On this occasion Rust said, \u201cHis service to his fellow man is a more lasting memorial\u2026 He gave the best years of his life\u2026to uphold the cause of human freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.67)” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/homestead.jpg” title_text=”homestead” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”2vw|3vw|2vw|3vw|true|true” custom_padding_tablet=”2vw|3vw|2vw|3vw|true|true” custom_padding_phone=”2vw|3vw|2vw|3vw|true|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Owen and Jason Brown outside their cabin, looking south. Little roundtop on the right.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”gcid-41fc4018-f82a-404e-9695-97d95653ae77″ global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-41fc4018-f82a-404e-9695-97d95653ae77%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font_size=”48px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#3f6174″ custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” width=”90%” max_width=”100%” module_alignment=”left” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Owne-Brown-Town.jpg” title_text=”Owne-Brown-Town” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||||false|false” border_color_all=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text disabled_on=”off|on|on” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”14px” background_color=”gcid-41fc4018-f82a-404e-9695-97d95653ae77″ background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”22px|22px|22px|22px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-41fc4018-f82a-404e-9695-97d95653ae77%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}”]<\/p>\n The funeral procession of Owen Brown on Colorado Street looking east from Raymond Avenue in Pasadena, 1889<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”19px” text_line_height=”1.8em” background_layout=”dark” custom_padding=”5vw||5vw|6vw|true|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|11px||33px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/altadenaheritage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/oa_01-1.png\")
<\/a><\/a>wen Brown is buried at the top of \u201cLittle Round Top,\u201d named for the heroic stand by Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg. He and his brother Jason lived nearby on land they homesteaded in the 1880s. He was the last survivor of the 1859 raid on the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, led by his father, abolitionist John Brown, who hoped to spark an insurrection to end American slavery.<\/p>\nBut Why to Pasadena?<\/h1>\n
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<\/a>fter living more than 20 years as a fugitive from the law for his role in the Harpers Ferry raid, Owen Brown, his brother Jason, their sister Ruth and her husband Henry Thompson moved to Pasadena, founded shortly after the Civil War by Union Army veterans and supporters. Many had been abolitionists who shared the Browns\u2019 progressive and temperance-minded beliefs. Admirers including locals, visiting Union veterans, and former slaves and their descendants trekked to Owen\u2019s remote cabin, wanting to shake his hand. Since Owen\u2019s death in 1889, this grave has been a pilgrimage site and memorial to the sacrifices of the Civil War and the battle to end slavery.<\/p>\n