What is the history of Catalina Island?
Google this and get a whole lot more, but Indians originally lived here. The Banning Brothers owned it in the early 1900’s before selling to William Wrigley in 1919. Wrigley built the Casino in 1929. The Wrigley Ranch and Wrigley Mansion (now a Bed & Breakfast) in the early 30’s. Round 1976 the Wrigley Family did a 50 year deal (now well over half way through) with the State of California to make the Island a Conservancy. Much of Avalon though is private property. There is also a very very small community towards the Northern End of the Island at the Isymus, also called Two Harbors where the distance from the east harbor is just a quarter mile to the scenic Catalina Harbor on the west. The Isymus is where Natalie Wood drowned.
