2/1/2006
By Nancy Hendrickson
Experience living history in your ancestors' homeland.
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Angel Island State Park
Angel Island Association
Box 866
Tiburon, CA 94920,
(415) 435-3522
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www.angelisland.org>: Known as the Ellis Island of the West, Angel Island served as a major detention and quarantine center for Chinese immigrants entering the United States. If s located in San Francisco Bay. Call before visiting, as the immigration station is under renovation.
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Cabrillo National Monument
1800 Cabrillo Memorial Drive,
San Diego, CA 92106,
(619) 222-8211,
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www.nps.gov/cabr>: This site commemorates the arrival of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European to arrive in what's now San Diego.