10 Trivial Facts about Catalina Island (Avalon, CA)
- The island once belonged to chewing gum magnate William Wrigley, who also owned the Chicago Cubs
- Catalina Island is the only spot on the West Coast where bison roam freely.
- Automobiles are outlawed on Catalina Island; everyone gets around on golf carts.
- The Casino is the largest structure on Catalina, but has never been used for gambling.
- Marilyn Monroe lived on Catalina Island for 18 months while married to her first husband, William Dougherty, who was in the Merchant Marines.
- The Chicago Cubs used Catalina Island as the site of its training camp from 1931 to 1951
- Ronald Reagan had his first screen test on Catalina Island while doing radio broadcasts.
- General George S. Patton Jr. met his wife Beatrice (Ayer) on Catalina when they were children.
- Since the use of motor vehicles on the island is restricted; there is a limit on the number of registered cars, which translates into a 14-year-long wait list to bring a car to the island
- Great white sharks are also occasionally found or caught off the coast of Catalina, though usually around seal rookeries and not around inhabited areas
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