INA DONNA COOLBRITH
Born Nauvoo, Illinois, March 10th, 1841
Died Oakland, California, Feb. 29th, 1928
First white child to enter California by Beckwourth Pass, in first covered wagon-train traveling that route, September 1852.
Thirty-two years a librarian, friend and counselor to three generations of California writers.
Inscribed on roll of honor, Native Daughters of the Golden West, June 11, 1915.
Given the honorary title "Loved Laurel-Crowned Poet of California" April 24, 1919, bu act of state legislature. First poet-laureate in America.
Presented by the City of San Francisco, June 15, 1947
by the San Francisco Parlors, Native Daughters of the Golden West.