Alonzo E. Horton and the Founding of New Town San Diego

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In the spring of 1867, a San Francisco furniture salesman stepped ashore in San Diego and declared the barren, treeless land “the best spot for building a city I ever saw.” This video presents the story of Alonzo Horton and the beginning of New Town--the San Diego we know today.

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