Henry D. Fitch

Biography

Henry D. Fitch spent his life near the evolving frontier in and around San Diego, witnessing the sweeping changes that accompanied the expansion of the young nation. Though the specifics of his occupation are not known, he would have shared in the challenges of nourishing a community far from the older eastern cities.

He rests beneath the quiet skies of the Presidio of San Diego, where visitors may honor his endurance and the frontier spirit of his generation.