Al Capone's Life at Alcatraz

Al Capone was one of the most notorious gangsters of all time. During Prohibition, he lived the fast life, rolled in money, and committed crime after crime he thought he’d get away with. But he was headed to a place just as notorious as he was — Alcatraz — 22 acres of pure discipline in the middle of the chilly San Francisco Bay.
History of The Rock
When Spanish Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala, one of the first Europeans to sail through Golden Gate, saw Yerba Buena Island in August of 1775 he called it the Isla de los Alcatraces, which translates to The Island of the Pelicans. This is because of all the brown pelicans de Ayala saw, but the name later morphed into Alcatraz.