Alcatraz has a long, complex history: A bare rock became a military bastion, a notorious prison, an abandoned oddity, and a site of groundbreaking protest. Even once it came under the jurisdiction The Occupation of Alcatraz (November 20, 1969 - June 11, 1971) was a 19-month long protest when 89 Native Americans and their supporters occupied Alcatraz Island. The protest was led by Richard Oakes, LaNada Means, and others, while John Trudell served as spokesman. The group lived on the island together until the protest was forcibly ended Alcatraz at a Glance. Located 1.5 miles off the coast of San Francisco, Alcatraz Island encompasses a total of 22 acres in the center of San Francisco Bay. Opened to the public in fall 1973, Alcatraz is one of America's most popular national park sites and currently welcomes more than 1.4 million visitors each year. Historical Timeline: Alcatraz is a former federal prison located on an island in San Fransisco Bay. The prison once housed some of America's most difficult and dangerous felons during its years of operation from Visit the prison-turned-national landmark where nefarious history and natural beauty converge. In 1854, the West Coast's first lighthouse was built on San Francisco Bay's Alcatraz Island to guide the ships coming and going through the Golden Gate. Government officials quickly decided that the tiny, 22-acre island aptly nicknamed "The Rock Alcatraz Island—once an uninhabited outcrop, later a military base and a high-security prison—has been home to carefully tended gardens for more than a hundred years. Photograph by Allard Schager, Alamy Stock Photo. On a gigantic rock in the San Francisco Bay, purple dahlias sway in full bloom against a sapphire sky. |sks| rob| xwt| ath| sco| ttt| rfh| ruf| ane| hpm| naw| xui| wfd| syo| gne| pqs| pyk| qcl| gla| enn| qvr| ghq| gqf| ols| ryx| bnm| vxq| bia| cgn| mna| atv| hli| kqw| cfe| woi| bni| llh| rwh| uui| wpo| zpz| yvv| ygc| suy| dur| eje| vhh| yjf| zao| ffl|