The 1880s saw her perennially as the highest-paid actress in America , earning sums of up to $ 5,000 per week . Her mother Mary Ann was still managing Crabtree 's affairs : booking plays , finding locations , and organizing troupes of actors . When the steamer trunk became too heavy , she invested Crabtree 's earnings in local real estate , race horses and bonds . As well as investing , some of the money was used to support local charities ( the Massachusetts Society for Aiding Discharged Prisoners – est. 1846 – still receives annual grants ) and build fountains . Lotta 's Fountain , the most famous of these fountains , still stands at the intersection of Market and Kearny streets in San Francisco , and is the site of meetings every April 18 marking the anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Lotta Crabtree