![]() Happily for the Pimugnans, another 60 years went by before they were graced with their next visit from Europeans. Cabrillo lingered for about 12 hours, shamelessly declared ownership of the island for Spain, thanked the Pimugnan for the fish lunch, and sailed off. On spotting Cabrillo’s galleon, the Pimugnan paddled out to greet it, and were invited aboard, whereupon gifts and deadly diseases were exchanged with smiles all around. ![]() By the time Spanish explorer Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo “discovered” the island in 1542, the Pimugnan Indians had been there for 500 years. Think about that meter!”Before all that, though, before hiking permits, golf cart rentals, and mountain bikes with knobby tires, there were the original owners. The song’s composer, Bruce Belland, once said, “It’s really like 22.3 miles, but you try singing that. In 1958, the Four Preps recorded the famous hit song 26 Miles (Santa Catalina). The island is a popular weekend destination for Southern California boaters. It has a resident population of only about 3,700, most of whom live in its only city, Avalon, but over a million tourists drop in for a visit every year. Santa Catalina is a 22-mile long rocky island about 22 miles south-southwest of Los Angeles. MaA Not-So-Serious History of Catalina Island ![]()
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