Legacy
Robert Livermore never lived in the city that bears his name. William Mendenhall had met Livermore as part of Frémont's expedition, and when he founded the town in 1869, he named it after Livermore. Livermore's name has held up through time with the naming of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the subsequent naming of the 116th element of the periodic table, livermorium, though the naming was not direct. A cultivar of walnut is also named 'Robert Livermore'.
The Livermore Memorial Monument, located in Portola Park in Livermore, serves as a memorial. It is listed as a California Historical Landmark.
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