Historic California Posts: Fort McDowell

"A great many things have occurred on Angel Island since Lieutenant Juan Manuel Ayala anchored the Spanish packet-boat San Carlos at the island in 1775, while compiling the first chart of San Francisco Bay. Over the years the island has been a Mexican land grant, a military base, home to a quarantine station and an immigration station, and, finally, a state park. However, it is the military that has had the longest-playing role in the island’s history. The Army first set up camp on Angel Island during the Civil War, and remained on the island for almost 100 years. The island, the largest in San Francisco Bay, has been part of the defenses of the bay on three separate occasions."

A long but interesting read.

@SN Greg Wright @SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SFC William Farrell PVT James Strait GySgt Melissa Gravila MSgt George Cater SFC George Smith Maj Marty Hogan Capt Jeff S. Capt Seid Waddell PO3 Donald Murphy CPL Crystal Pettway, MBA Sgt Kelli Mays CPT Gabe Snell SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint Cpl Mark A. Morris CSM Charles Hayden LTC Trent Klug ] Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin