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1775
The m.iwok`s resided on the land for thousands of years before the spanish laid claim to the island in 1775 -
sep12,1863,sun
The united states took possession of Angel island as a military statio by companyB,Third Artillery, under the command of Lieutenant JohnL.Tierson,who Landed with his company on the western extremity of the island. -
1775
Angel island`s rich history dates to a time when the miwok Native American tribes inhabited what is now marin country. -
1910
In 1910,us authorities set up an immigrant detention center on Angel Island in san Francisco Bay to examine chinese and other Asians seeking to enter the united states. -
1940
The united states abandoned the detention center on Angel island in 1940,when "Chinese Exclusion Acts" were repealed and a fire destroyed the administration building. -
1940
A museum has been established in the an old detention center,so visitors can see what life was. -
1814
In 1814 the British,26-gun, sloop of war, the Hms Raccoon,was damaged off the coast. -
1814
Angel island california state park in San- Francisco Bay.Ref.California state parks Angel island. -
mar26,1886
The Alcatraz cable was for one the third time broken by an anchor,making it evidnt that a direct cable between Alcutraz and the mainland cannot be maintained. -
mar11,1900
Angel island,completed examination specimens dead chinese demonstartes plague,no further history obtainable,Board health with Gassaway had a meeting on 1900. -
oct12,2008
on october 12,2008,Angel island was ravaged by a wildfire.In just 2 days,303 acres went up in smoke By Devon Douglass.