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John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Company on January 10, 1870 with his business partners and brother. The success of this business empire made Rockefeller one of the world's first billionaires and a celebrated philanthropist. -
The Great Oklahoma Land Race
April 22, 1889, was a day of chaos, excitement, and utter confusion. Men and women rushed to claim homesteads or to purchase lots in one of the many new towns that sprang into existence overnight. An estimated eleven thousand agricultural homesteads were claimed. -
Angel Island Opens to Process Immigrants
Angel Island Immigration Station was an immigration station in San Francisco Bay which operated from January 21, 1910, to November 5, 1940, where immigrants entering the United States were detained and interrogated. -
Ellis Island Opens to Process Immigrants
Some immigrants were held for medical reasons. Others were held to await a hearing by a Board of Special Inquiry. Still others were detained because they seemed unable to make a living. Those in the last category were most likely to be deported, or sent back to where they had come from.