Английская Википедия:El Campo, California
Шаблон:Distinguish Шаблон:Infobox settlement El Campo (later renamed Paradise Beach) was a picnic resort established in 1891 by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad[1] in hopes of increasing ridership on their ferries between San Francisco and Marin. Facilities at the resort included a dance pavilion, merry-go-round, bowling alley, fishing pier, shooting gallery and over 100 acres of picnic grounds. The resort became such a popular attraction that crowds lined up on the pier in San Francisco on the weekend to catch the ferry to the resort. Because the site was only accessible by ferry, a local newspaper wrote that families could enjoy "absolute freedom from the incursions of hoodlums."[2]
The name, El Campo, is derived from a Spanish phrase meaning "the flat country".[3] The site was located on the San Francisco Bay, Шаблон:Convert south-southeast of Point San Quentin.[1]
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