As soon as you enter the hotel, you will see the famed horse, Sunshine. This paper-mache horse stood in front of the old Kahle Saddlery Shop for over 79 years, a store that Wyatt Earp himself frequented. When it was eventually demolished, the horse was stored till it found a new home in the lobby of the Horton Grand Hotel.
California Through My Lens – Horton Grand Hotel: A Haunted, Historic San Diego Hotel
Horton Grand Hotel: Our History
Downtown San Diego News – Horton Grand Hotel: Then and now
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Katherine Walcott
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