Leidesdorff Plaza

Dedicated to the memory of

WILLIAM ALEXANDER LEIDESDORFF

Early California pioneer, civic

leader, merchant, trader, and

owner of 35,000 acre rancho

“Rio de los Americanos” in the

Folsom area.

Born 1810 in Danish West Indies

of Negro and Danish parents

Died 1848 in San Francisco

Courtesy hmdb.org