Francis Marion Smith
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Francis Marion Smith (February 2, 1846 – August 27, 1931) was an American miner, business magnate and civic builder in the Mojave Desert, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Oakland, California. He was known nationally and internationally as "Borax Smith" and "The Borax King", as his company produced the popular 20-Mule-Team Borax brand of household cleaner.[1][2]
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Francis Marion Smith | |
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Born | (1846-02-02)February 2, 1846 |
Died | August 27, 1931(1931-08-27) (aged 85) |
Occupation | Mining businessman |
Known for | Borax King, founder of Pacific Coast Borax Company |
Spouses | Mary Rebecca Thompson Wright
(m. 1875)Evelyn Kate Ellis (m. 1906) |
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Frank Smith created the Key System, an interurban private transit system, which operated in Oakland and the East Bay with a terminus in the San Francisco Transbay Terminal.