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San Juan Village today, called "Old Town Lagoon"

ID: 676 ~ Source: San Juan Islander

This file appears in: Island Vice

This file appears in: Island Vice

Island Vice – The Red Light District at Griffin Bay

By Erika Prins Simonds
San Juan Town, sometimes called San Juan Village, quickly sprang up at Griffin Bay to meet soldiers’ demand for leisure activities during joint occupation. A reporter for the Daily Alta California, who visited the island in 1859, described a tiny…
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