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Coast Miwok Research Paper

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Coast Miwok first inhabited the island about 2,000 years ago. In 1863 during the Civil War, the U.S. Army built a base on Angel Island. They established Camp Reynolds for soldiers to live in. The army built batteries, which are gunning sites, around the island to protect San Fransisco. In the 1950’s, the army also built a project nike missile site, which is an anti-aircraft weapon (named after nike

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