Monday, May 30, 2011

FACTS

  • largest island in the San Francisco Bay
  • nicknamed as the “Ellis Island of the West”
  • Area: 1.2 square miles
  • Highest point: Mt. Caroline Livermore
  • Population: 57
  • earliest known inhabitants: Miwok Indians
  • explored by the Spanish in 1775
  • came under US control in 1851
  • US army base from 1863-1946
  • radar missile site from 1955-1962
  • immigration center from 1910-1940
  • confined military prisoners during World War II
Source: http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/a_f/angel/natale.htm

-Abbygail Talao
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  1. AnonymousDecember 8, 2014 at 9:08 AM

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  2. AnonymousMarch 30, 2016 at 10:32 AM

    I love learning about Angel and Ellis Island. It is so fun I am more interested in Angel. But the information on Angel Island is not a lot.

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