Die Legenden legendenumwoben Gefängnisinsel Alcatraz war in der 2. Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts ein befestigtes Fort, bevor es in den 1930 Jahren zu einem Inselgefängnis umgebaut wurde. Learn Something New erklärt in diesem Video, wie das alles von Statten ging.
…it’s garnered more of a reputation for the island’s final 30 years of use as a federal prison for some of the biggest gangsters in history, rather than being known for its ties to the Ohlone Native Americans, the Spanish Naval officer who gave it its name, or as the incredibly imposing American Fortress that it became throughout the American Civil War.
(Direktlink, via Laughing Squid)