The S.S. Catalina was one popular ship in its heyday. During its fifty-plus years of operation beginning in 1924, she carried an estimated 25 million passengers from the Port of Los Angeles to Santa Catalina Island and back again. The Catalina wasn’t the first ship built specifically for transporting tourists across the sea to Avalon,Continue reading “The Great White Steamship delighted millions before meeting its ignominious end”
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Spring training with the Cubs on Catalina Island
Spring training baseball action at the Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field facility on Catalina Island in the 1920s. Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr.’s twin interests in baseball and Catalina Island – he bought Catalina in 1919, and gained a controlling interest in the Cubs in 1921 – dovetailed nicely when he made the decision toContinue reading “Spring training with the Cubs on Catalina Island”
