[1] Powers was referred to as a "Kansas City capitalist" when he visited San Francisco in 1887 and stayed at the Palace Hotel.

[2] In Los Angeles, Powers was a lawyer who was one of the original developers of a tract called Alvarado Terrace.

[5] Powers was president of the Los Angeles City Council in 1900–1902, having been elected as a Republican to represent the 4th Ward.

[1][6][7][8] In 1910, Powers was a member of the Olympic Club in San Francisco, which was planning a hike from the Golden Gate Park Panhandle to Ocean Beach.

[9] A small strip of Alvarado Terrace, paved in red brick, was named as Powers Place in 1911.