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Harrison Rich Baker Sr.

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Harrison Rich Baker Sr.

Birth
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death
5 Aug 1970 (aged 75)
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Location: Eagles View, Lot: 0074, Grave 11
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Harrison Rich Baker Sr. was an influential businessman who during his lifetime was known as the "Father of California Freeways". During the late Nineteen Thirties Mr. Baker, along with Congressman Carl Hinshaw, William Dunkerley and Edward S. Gratain, promoted construction of California's first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway (later renamed Pasedena Freeway) which opened on December 31, 1940.
Harrison Rich Baker Sr. was an influential businessman who during his lifetime was known as the "Father of California Freeways". During the late Nineteen Thirties Mr. Baker, along with Congressman Carl Hinshaw, William Dunkerley and Edward S. Gratain, promoted construction of California's first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway (later renamed Pasedena Freeway) which opened on December 31, 1940.

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  • Created by: Eric Baker
  • Added: Mar 21, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159863908/harrison_rich-baker: accessed ), memorial page for Harrison Rich Baker Sr. (15 Oct 1894–5 Aug 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 159863908, citing Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Eric Baker (contributor 48119498).