Santa Catalina - William Buffett - Lipman Publishing 1988 - Framed Print - 12"H x 16"W

Santa Catalina - William Buffett - Lipman Publishing 1988 - Framed Print - 12"H x 16"W

Santa Catalina Island, often called Catalina Island, or just Catalina, is a rocky island off the coast of California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina.

Catalina was originally settled by Native Americans who called the island Pimugna or Pimu and referred to themselves as Pimugnans or Pimuvit. The first Europeans to arrive on Catalina claimed it for the Spanish Empire.

The chewing gum magnate William Wrigley, Jr. began turning it into a tourist destination in the 1920s.