- 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
- Why Was Alcatraz Closed? - HISTORY
Alcatraz Island, located in San Francisco Bay, is best known as the site of the notorious former federal prison, but its history extends far beyond that Here are six common questions about the
- Alcatraz: What scientists found when they 3D-mapped the notorious . . .
Scientist Pete Kelsey and his team have 3D-mapped the entire island of Alcatraz, discovering Civil War secrets, prisoner escape routes – and looking at ways to preserve the island for the future
- Alcatraz (TV Series 2012) - IMDb
Alcatraz: Created by Steven Lilien, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Bryan Wynbrandt With Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Jonny Coyne, Parminder Nagra In 1963, all the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear from Alcatraz In the present day, they resurface and a secret agency is tasked with re-capturing them
- 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, 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
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