{"id":1316,"date":"2019-06-24T17:27:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T00:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2022-11-12T18:13:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T02:13:27","slug":"hortons-bookkeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=1316","title":{"rendered":"Horton&#8217;s Bookkeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eyewitness accounts of early San Diego are a treasure. The 1872 diary of J. A. Shepherd, the quiet bookkeeper of city founder Alonzo E. Horton, provides a fascinating first-hand look at &#8220;poor, isolated San Diego,&#8221; as the young town struggled to find success in its obscure corner of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-677113c3-8524-4ee2-854d-1f9981e4f4a3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Shepherd.pdf\">The story of Jesse A. 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