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Alcatraz Island Flora

Alcatraz Island Flora

Posted On: December 04, 2011

Gardens planted by families of the original Army post, and later by families of the prison guards, fell [...]

Alcatraz Island Native American occupation

Alcatraz Island Native American occupation

Posted On: December 03, 2011

Beginning on November 20, 1969, a group of Native Americans called United Indians of All Tribes, mostly college [...]

Alcatraz Island Post-prison years

Alcatraz Island Post-prison years

Posted On: December 02, 2011

Because the penitentiary cost much more to operate than other prisons (nearly $10 per prisoner per day, as [...]

Alcatraz Island History

Posted On: November 26, 2011

The first Spaniard to document the island was Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775, who charted San Francisco [...]