Immigrants and Ellis Island
The Urban log cabin
The bulge of Manhattan now known as the lower East side was originally farm land. When it began to be developed for residences late in the 18th century.
Ellis island
Angel Island
When 15-year-old Annie Moore arrived here from Ireland on this day in 1892, she was the first person to enter the United States through Ellis Island.
Source
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Most of the immigrants who came to America through Ellis Island were from eastern and southern Europe. In many cases, they came to escape the poverty and religious intolerance that existed in small towns in countries such as Italy, Poland, and Russia.
Ellis Island opened in 1892 as a federal immigration station, a purpose it served for more than 60 years (it closed in 1954). Millions of newly arrived immigrants passed through the station during that timeāin fact, it has been estimated that close to 40 percent of all current U.S. citizens can trace at least one of their ancestors to Ellis Island.
The arrival in New York Harbor, with the first views of the statue of liberty and tall building of Manhatten, was an exhilarating moment for Italian immigrants looking out from a ship.