George was just a regular railroad worker for the Southern Pacific. When he first laid eyes on San Pedro he decided he liked it's look and uniqueness. He ended up settling in San Pedro in 1886 and soon after became a wildly successful real estate developer.
Among his lots of transactions were the 1913 sale of 104 acres that would later become Fort MacArthur, and the sale of land in 1911 to Standard Oil for what eventually would become the Chevron refinery in El Segundo.
He also owned real estate in Manhattan Beach, developing the El Porto district, and streets were named after him and one of his daughters.
Unfortunately he died in 1940. Funds from his trust were used to make recreational facilities in San Pedro, including the four parks that were made from land that did once belong to him.
Also, in addition to the largest, Peck Park, for which he began to donate land in 1929, San Pedro's Rena, Alma, and Leland parks all came from Peck's Holdings and were named after his three children as well as some street names.
He might have just been a train conductor but he saw San Pedros Potential and became a successful developer in the 1900's.
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