Posts tagged with ‘Alcatraz’

  • This Day in History August 11, 1934

    By Ruth on August 11, 2013
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    I remember actually seeing this the last time I saw the Golden Gate bridge.  I probably have a picture somewhere, but regardless, this is a pretty famous place.  On this date in 1934, the first prisoners arrived at Alcatraz.  Its name came from a Spanish explorer who named the island after the pelicans he saw living there.  This federal penitentiary […]