founder with "Alonzo park", one of three parks in the small town. He also had something of an effect on San Diego's political scene; when he moved there in late 1860s, most locals, many of whom had migrated from the South or the border states, had supported the South during the Civil War and were Copperheads, or Democratic sympathizers of the Confederacy in an officially Union state. Upon being told that San Diego was a "Copperhead hole", Horton remarked, "Then I shall make it a Republican hole," and encouraged strong Republican sentiment in the city's newspapers. Horton was one of San Diego's first Unitarians. He helped found the first Unitarian church in San Diego. Horton died at age 96 in Agnew Sanitarium, San Diego. He is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery. Cultural references KGB Homegrown IV 1976 album fourth song is Alonzo F. Horton Rag - Hunt'n Peck. See also Statue of Alonzo Horton References Further reading Donley, Ward T. "Alonzo Horton, Founder of Modern San Diego". San Diego State University thesis. 1952. Donley, Ward T. "Vision of Greatness". The Journal of San Diego History, 13:2 (April 1967) External links Biographical sketch (San Diego Historical Society) 1813 births 1909 deaths American city founders American Unitarians Burials at Mount Hope Cemetery (San Diego) Businesspeople from San Diego Businesspeople from Wisconsin History of San Diego People from Outagamie County, Wisconsin People from Union, Connecticut People of the California Gold Rush 19th-century American businesspeople