- Plan Your Visit - Alcatraz Island (U. S. National Park Service)
Plan on spending at least a few hours on Alcatraz exploring the exhibits, checking out the video presentations or audio tours Jr Ranger books and programs are often available, and ranger tours are available every day!
- Alcatraz Island - Wikipedia
Alcatraz Island is the site of the abandoned federal prison, the oldest operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States, early military fortifications, and natural features such as rock pools and a seabird colony (mostly western gulls, cormorants, and egrets)
- Alcatraz Island | Facts, Escape, Native Americans, Map, History . . .
Alcatraz Island, also known as ‘The Rock,’ a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, off the coast of California, in the United States From 1934 to 1963, a facility on the island served as a federal prison for some of the most dangerous civilian prisoners
- June 1962 Alcatraz escape - Wikipedia
On the night of June 11, 1962, inmates Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, United States [2] Having spent six months preparing their breakout, the three men tucked papier-mâché model heads resembling their own likenesses into their beds, broke out of
- Why Was Alcatraz Closed? - HISTORY
During its nearly 30 years of operation (from 1934 to 1963), the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay housed some of America’s most notorious felons
- Alcatraz | Prison, Island, Inmates, Escapes, History Facts | Britannica
Alcatraz, former maximum-security prison located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, some 1 5 miles (2 4 km) off the coast of California First used as a jail during the American Civil War, Alcatraz became a federal penitentiary in 1934
- Alcatraz Island (U. S. National Park Service)
This small island was once a fort, a military prison, and a maximum security federal penitentiary In 1969, the Indians of All Tribes occupied Alcatraz for 19 months in the name of freedom and Native American civil rights We invite you to explore Alcatraz's complex history and natural beauty
- Alcatraz - Prison, Location Al Capone | HISTORY
Today, historic Alcatraz Island, which was also the site of a U S military prison from the late 1850s to 1933, is a popular tourist destination
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