Elias Jackson "Lucky" Baldwin was a prominent California businessman and investor of the second half of the 19th century. Having generated most of his wealth through both savvy and lucky mining investments (for which he received his nickname), Baldwin accumulated large landholdings of 63,000 acres (250 km²) in southern California, where the communities of Arcadia and Monrovia are now located. Wikipedia
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