MY FAMILY HAS TAKEN OUR MOUNTAIN BIKES TO ANGEL ISLAND MANY TIMES VIA TIBURON FERRY. IT IS AN UP HILL CLIMB ON THE ROADS AND TRAILS AS WELL AS DOWNHILL. ONCE ON THE ISLAND THERE ARE VARIOUS MANY SMALL ROADS, THE MILITARY BARRACKS AND A BEAUTIFUL VICTORIAN HOUSE WHERE THE COLONEL LIVED IN THE 1800S. MY SONS FIFTH GRADE CLASS TOOK AN OVERNIGHT FIELD CLASS THERE MARCHING WITH THEIR OVERBURDENED BACKPACKS AND HEAVY CAMPING GEAR. THEY WERE TOO SMALL TO CARRY ALL THAT STUFF AND MANY WERE COMPLAINING THEN ONCE SITUATED AT CAMP REYNOLDS THEY WERE TO REPLICATE A SOLDIERS LIFE. THEY DID NOT GET WATER BREAKS WHICH REALLY ANNOYED THEM AND I SPOKE TO THE TEACHER-SHE ALLOWED MY SON WATER BECAUSE HE GOT MIGRAINES! AT NIGHT WE ALL HAD TO CLIMB THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN AND WE GOT TO THE TOP AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS AND GOT TO BED AFTER TEN OCLOCK. THE KIDS WERE NOT ADULTS YET THEY MADE THEM WAKE UP AT ALL HOURS TO STAND GUARD FOR ENEMY SHIPS AS THE ORIGINAL SOLDIERS DID! IT WAS A LITTLE TOO REGIMENTED FOR THEIR AGE AND AFTER WE BOARDED THE FERRY BACK TO TIBURON, MOST OF THE KIDS WHISPERED THAT THEY DID NOT LIKE LIVING HISTORY! WELL SO MUCH FOR FUN FIELD TRIPS.
OUR FAMILY ENJOYED OUR TRIPS THERE AS WE TOOK TIME TO RELAX AND TOOK IT EASY AS WE STOPPED AT THE OVERVIEWS TAKING PHOTOS AND TIME FOR PLENTY OF WATER. WE LOOKED AT THE WAY THE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT AND ENJOYED THE SAN FRANCISCO VIEWS.
ONE LARGE PICNIC SITE IS THERE FOR PARKS TO HAVE A NICE CONFERENCE OUTSIDE. ANGEL ISLAND WAS KNOWN AS ELLIS ISLAND OF THE WEST AND PROCESSED MILLIONS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM 1910 TO 1940. THESE WERE MOSTLY ASIANS. UNTIL 10,00 YEARS AGO ELLIS ISLAND WAS PART OF THE MAINLAND AND ONCE SEA LEVELS ROSE IT WAS CUT OFF DUE TO THE END OF THE LAST ICE AGE.
TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO THE COAST MIWOKS FISHED AND HUNTED HERE. THE FIRST NON EUROPEAN HERE WAS FROM SPAIN, JUAN DE AYALA. IT WAS USED FOR CATTLE RANCHING. THE US ARMY ESTABLISHED FORT MCDOWELL IN 1863 AND DEVELOPED OTHER OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE CALLED THE EAST GARRISON OR CAMP MCDOWELL. DURING THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR THE ISLAND SERVED AS A DISCHARGE DEPOT FOR RETURNING TROOPS AND THEY HAD A QUARANTINE STATION AT AYALA COVE. TROOPS DURING WORLD WAR I EMBARKED FROM AND RETURNED TO THESE ISLANDS.
DURING WORLD WAR II THE NUMBER OF TROOPS NEEDED WAS GREAT AND ANGEL ISLAND EXPANDED AND PROCESSING WAS DONE AT FORT MASON IN SAN FRANCISCO. MAQNY IMMIGRANTS SPENT YEARS WAITING ON THE ISLAND FOR ENTRY TO THE STATES.
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