June 27, 2008 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: William Heath Davis House & Pocket Park, Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego, San Diego County, California The William Heath Davis House & Pocket Park are located at 410 Island Avenue in the Gaslamp Quarter of Downtown San Diego, San Diego County, California   Vi besøgte William Heath Davis huset i Downtown San Diego i dag, et hus som er det ældste hus tilbage i det, der kaldes "ny San Diego." Huset er et færdigkøbt hus i Saltbox stil fra 1850, som oprindelig stod nær, hvor Seaport Village ligger nu, og tilhørte William Heath Davis. Davis var den første, der fik ideen til at flytte San Diegos centrum fra Old Town til "New Town," hvorom byen er bygget i dag. En brand i San Francisco i 1851 ruinerede imidlertid Davis, som måtte opgive ideen. We visited the William Heath Davis house in Downtown San Diego today, a house which is the oldest one left in "New Town San Diego." The house is a prefabricated Saltbox house from 1850, which first stood near, where Seaport Village is now, and belonged to William Heath Davis. Davis was the first to attempt to move San Diego's downtown from Old Town to "New Town," around which the city is built today. However, a fire in San Francisco in 1851 caused Davis' ruin, and he had to abandon the idea.

Stuen - Damernes hjørne ~ The parlor - the Ladies' corner   Og herrernes ~ And the gentlemen's         Davis lejede en overgang huset ud til soldater. Davis rented the house to soldiers for a while.

Spisestuen ~ Dining room I 1867 kom Alonzo Erastus Horton til San Diego med sin kone Sarah Wilson Babe. Han købte Davis' hus med meget omkringliggende land og hvad fejlede for Davis, lykkedes for Horton. New Town, San Diego, blev en succes. Alonzo og Sarah Horton boede her i huset, mens de byggede deres eget. In 1867 Alonzo Erastus Horton came to San Diego with his wife Sarah Wilson Babe. He bought Davis' house with a lot of the surrounding land, and where Davis failed, Horton succeeded. New Town, San Diego, became what he had hoped for. Alonzo and Sarah Horton lived in this house, while building their own.

Køkken ~ Kitchen       Et gammelt billede, der hang på væggen ~ An old picture hanging on the wall     Barneværelse ~ Children's room

Fra soveværelset ~ From the bedroom     Huset blev købt i 1873 af Anna Scheper, som flyttede det til hjørnet af 11. Gade og K Gade. Hun begyndte at tage sygepatienter ind og passe dem under kontrakt med amtet for $1 per dag per patient, og huset blev kaldt "amtshospitalet." The house was bought in 1873 by Anna Scheper, who moved it to the corner of 11th Street and K Street. She started taking in and caring for patients under contract with the county for $1 per day per patient, and the house was soon known as "County Hospital."     I 1890 blev huset købt af Henry og Lina Lohmann, immigranter fra Tyskland. De adopterede en 6-årig dreng, George Deyo, i 1901. De gav ham huset i 1936, og han boede her til sin død i 1977. Dette værelse var Georges kontor, som han altid holdt aflåst, og da han døde fandt man $5000 i guld og et hjemmebrænderi til whiskey bag en af væggene. In 1890 the house was bought by Henry and Lina Lohmann, immigrants from Germany. They adopted a six-year-old boy, George Deyo, in 1901. They gave him the house in 1936, and he lived here till his death in 1977. This room was George's office, which he always kept locked, and when he died they found $5000 in gold and a working whiskey still behind a wall.

Victoriansk badeværelse ~ Victorian Bathroom     Ved siden af William Heath Davis huset ligger den lillebitte Pocket Park, hvor hovedattraktionen er en statue af hunden "Bums". Next to the William Heath Davis house lies the tiny little Pocket Park, where the main attraction is a statue of the dog "Bum".   Bums var ingens hund og han var alles hund. Han var født i San Francisco, men kom seks måneder gammel til San Diego som blind passager på skibet "Santa Rosa." Han vandrede løs rundt i byens gader og indsmigrede sig hos alle. Voksne som børn elskede de ham, selv de fineste restauranter fodrede ham, og en af byens journalister, James Edward "Captain" Friend, skrev jævnligt små stykker om ham i avisen. Som stor hvalp mistede Bums sin højre forpote i et slagsmål med en bulldog, da begge hunde i kampens hede rullede ud foran et tog og blev kørt over. Bulldog'en overlevede ikke. Bums døde 12 år gammel i 1898, og San Diegos børn samlede deres pennies sammen, så han kunne blive pænt begravet. Bum was nobody's dog, and he was everybody's dog. He was born in San Francisco, but at six months old he came to San Diego as a stowaway on the ship "Santa Rosa." He roamed the city streets freely, making friends with everyone. The adults loved him as well as the children, even the finest of restaurants fed him, and one of the town's journalists, James Edward "Captain" Friend, regularly wrote little stories about him in the paper. As a young dog Bum lost his right front paw in a fight with a bulldog, when both dogs in the course of the fight rolled out in front of a train and were run over. The bulldog didn't survive. Bum died at 12 years old in 1898, and the children of San Diego pooled their pennies, so he could be properly and decently buried.

Day Camping/Boondocking Information Downtown is a near impossible place to day camp. We parked at a parking meter and stayed just long enough to visit the museum, then we went to Fiesta Island to camp for the rest of the day. More California Travel Information Here YESTERDAY TOMORROW