Roosevelt and William Howard Taft during their visits to Oakland. The carriage is now displayed at the Oakland Museum of California. Last years After suffering a major stroke at age 82 in 1928, Smith moved with his wife from their Oakland mansion and estate into a smaller residence across Lake Merritt in the Adams Point neighborhood. Prior to moving, several large pieces of the estate's gardens had been sold on which more modest homes were built. With the stock market crash of 1929, no buyer could be found for the remaining estate and shortly after his death the mansion was demolished after many remarkable and marketable fixtures were removed and sold. Francis Marion Smith died in Oakland in 1931 at the age of 85. He is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery of Oakland, along "Millionaires Row". Legacy The Western Railway Museum's archives wing is named for Francis Marion "Borax" Smith. The museum, in Solano County, California, includes several operating street cars and transbay trains that operated on the Key System lines. Francis Marion Smith Park, on land donated by Smith and his wife, is on Park Boulevard in Oakland. In Death Valley, Smith Mountain, a peak in the Amargosa Range, is named in his honor. On Shelter Island, NY, Smith Street and Smith Cove are named for him. The Smith-Ransome Japanese Bridge at Presdeleau is listed on the National Register of Historic places. "Borax" Smith is a character in the historical fiction novel Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold (), and the main character in Jack London's novel Burning Daylight was partially based on his life. See also Borate Boron Borax Boric acid References Sources Smith, Francis Marion. (Unpublished) circa 1925. Autobiographical Notes on His Early Life. Further reading External links Death Valley National Park.gov: Harmony Borax Works website National Mining Hall of Fame.org: Francis M. Smith Letsgoseeit.com: The Borax Museum − Death Valley American mining businesspeople American transportation businesspeople 1846 births 1931 deaths Death Valley History of the Mojave Desert region History of Oakland, California Mining in California Borates Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Transportation in Oakland, California Burials at Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California) Businesspeople from Oakland, California People from Inyo County, California People from Walworth County, Wisconsin Milton College alumni History of Inyo County, California 20th-century American railroad executives 19th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American businesspeople