
Local
Historical Photo: An Island Fourth of July
CATALINA一 This photo from the Catalina Island Museum archives depicts a fireworks display in Avalon Harbor from 1903. Catalina Island was owned by a man named James Lick in 1864

CATALINA一 This photo from the Catalina Island Museum archives depicts a fireworks display in Avalon Harbor from 1903. Catalina Island was owned by a man named James Lick in 1864

In 1924, 14 bison were brought to Catalina Island as part of a movie crew for one of Zane Grey’s feature films either The Vanishing American or The Thundering Herd.

AVALON—Famous author and world-class fisherman Zane Grey first visited Catalina Island on his honeymoon in 1906. By 1914, Grey began to make annual trips to the island. He’s pictured here