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Immigration Between 1860-1914
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Immigrating to the United States of America on the Celtic Horse
I'm Katherine Dempsey and I have chosen to immigrate to America with my big brother Johnathan because of the famine that is greatly affecting my family and friends back in my homeland Ireland. -
Arriving at Ellis Island
I arive at Ellis Island with Johnathan and we are overwhelmed by how many other people were there and how many different languages we could here -
Walking Down Their First American Road
When Johnathan and I walked down our first Americna road we immediately felt at home and felt welcomed especially by those who talked about going west. -
First Try at Getting a Job
Getting a job in America was not exactly as easy as i thought it would be because many of the employeers here as sweaty gross men and are qutie creepy and getting a job with one of them is not exactly my ideal job. -
Moving West
Johnathan and I started our journey today to the west and although we don't have any other family members here, we consider many of our cowboy friends family. The free land made us want to go to the west becuase we were confident we could beat everyone to the land. -
We Race For Our Land
The Homestead Act is a funny thing in a way, it applies to anyone it wants to apply to but it says you have to literally race for land which in a way is pretty funny. But anyways, this Act affected us greatly because we raced for our land and got it. -
Johnathan Gets a Job as a Cowhand
Johnathan gets a job as a cowhand because we spent all of our money on building our home and I feel awful because his employer is rude and mean.
