Catalina Island, California
Los Angeles County · Card no. 6245
An island 22 miles off the coast, bought almost entirely by chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. in 1919.
- The circular Casino building in Avalon, from 1929, never held gambling.
- Bison brought over for a 1924 film shoot still roam the interior.
- The Wrigley family gave most of the island to a conservancy in 1975.
Every incorporated city and town in California has its own painted card here, free to send by email or by link. No account, nothing to install.