(FOX40.COM) — A small park with a lot of history in Old Sacramento has a new name in honor of a woman business owner who owned the land when the capital city was a small railroad town.
Mary Gregory Park is the new name for the park on the corner of J St. and Firehouse Alley .
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The Center for Sacramento History , which maintains historical records for the city, requested the change and said that it “is an important step toward recognizing the contributions of Gregory and other Gold Rush-era women whose role in the development of Sacramento has been largely overlooked.”
Today, the park contains a stairway, an arch, several columns and other items from the city’s past.
The name change will require new signage to be installed at a later date. The park was formerly known as Pioneer Park.
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A staff report presented to the city council said the English-born Mary Gregory moved to California with her French husband, Julius Gregory, ultimately ending up in Sacramento in the mid-1800s.