The history of Santa Catalina Island began with Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. The history of Santa Catalina Island began On Saturday October 7, 1542 when explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo landed his sail near San Pedro. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo noticed an island offshore of San Pedro and sailed to it. However, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo lived a short life and his newly founded island went forgotten for over 60 years.
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In 1542 a Portuguese navigator, explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, set sail a Spanish ship, from the west coast of Mexico. Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo 's mission was to find a mythical northern passage between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo landed on the mainland near San Pedro. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo then began to explore this area and while Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo was exploring, he noticed an offshore island. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo did not wait, he set sail to it immediately.
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William Wrigley Jr. lived from 1861 to 1932. Although William Wrigley Jr. is best known as the founder of the William Wrigley Jr. Company, largest manufacturer of wrigleys gum in the world, he also played an instrumental role in the history of Santa Catalina Island. William Wrigley Jr. truly loved Santa Catalina Island, and with undying enthusiasm and energy, William Wrigley Jr. brought numerous improvements to Santa Catalina Island such as:
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There are two trolley or tram lines on Santa Catalina Island - the green line and the red line. They are technically the same line running in different directions as shown below.
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Getting around Santa Catalina Island is simple. The usable land of Santa Catalina Island is only a few miles wide. This makes walking the easiest thing to do on Santa Catalina Island. It probably takes about 5 minutes to walk the whole of the main strip on Santa Catalina Island. Almost every house on Santa Catalina Island has a golf cart since cars are so restricted and the waiting list for owning a car is currently 2 years.
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Santa Catalina is small and all houses are about three inches apart, therefore everybody knows each other. Look at the photograph below of houses on Santa Catalina Island.
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