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Avalon Bay from the north, ca.1900 Avalon Bay around 1910 from the south, before the construction of the Catalina Casino. The sons of Phineas Banning bought the island in 1891 from the Lick estate and established the Santa Catalina Island Company to develop it as a resort. The Banning brothers fulfilled Shatto's dream of making Avalon a resort ...
The history of human activity on Santa Catalina Island, California begins with the American Indians who had inhabited the island since 7000 BC. The first Europeans colonists to arrive on Catalina claimed it for the Spanish Empire. Over the years, territorial claims to the island transferred to Mexico and then to the United States.
Avalon beach in summertime Fish catch at Santa Catalina Island, 1905. (CHS-1604) More than 100 fish caught off island on wooden racks. Part of sign reads "Boats for let." Over one million people travel to Catalina Island every year, [60] accounting for $166.7 million in annual direct spending on the Island. [61]
The Catalina Casino is an entertainment facility in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles in California, US. It is the largest building on the island and the most visible landmark in Avalon Bay when approaching the island from the mainland. The large building contains a movie theater, ballroom, and formerly an island art ...
San Clemente Island (Tongva: Kinkipar; Spanish: Isla de San Clemente) [ 1 ] is the southernmost of the Channel Islands of California. It is owned and operated by the United States Navy, [ 2 ] and is a part of Los Angeles County. It is administered by Naval Base Coronado.
1969. The Avalon Ballroom was a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California, at 1244 Sutter Street [1] (or 1268 Sutter, [2] depending on the entrance). The space is known as the location of many concerts of the counterculture movement, from around 1966 to 1969. It also had a reopening 34 years later, from 2003 to 2005.
1979-05-16 [3] SS Catalina, also known as The Great White Steamer, was a 301-foot steamship built in 1924 that provided passenger service on the 26-mile passage between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island from 1924 to 1975. According to the Steamship Historical Society of America, Catalina carried more passengers than any other vessel anywhere.
Pages in category "People from Avalon, California" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.