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![]() ![]() ![]() The Edgewater is built on one of those lots originally purchased from William Wrigley, Jr. To date, the Catalina Conservancy continues the mission of balancing conservation, education and recreation on 86% of the island. ![]() In 1975, Philip Wrigley deeded the Wrigley shares in the Santa Catalina Island Company to the Catalina Island Conservancy that he helped to establish. He had the Catalina Casino created in 1929 for 2.5 million dollars to serve as a “Palace of Pleasure”. In 1921, Wrigley sold lots for building in Avalon town. gained controlling interest in the Santa Catalina Island Company and devoted his time to preserving and promoting it. The Banning Brothers bought the island in 1891 and started the Santa Catalina Island Company to develop Catalina as a resort. In 1887, George Shatto, a real estate investor purchased Catalina for $200,000 and became the first owner of the island to create a settlement called Avalon. S anta Catalina has been home to Russian otter hunters, Spanish smugglers, Chinese pirates, Franciscan monks, gold and silver miners, Union troops, cattle and sheep herders…the Chicago Cubs, World War II military, fishermen, vacationers, movie stars, millionaires and more. ![]()
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