Immigration and Westward Expansion Timeline

By s-dhardman
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    IWE Timeline

  • I am Born

    I first join this world.

  • I leave Germany

    I leave Germany in order to go get land in America

  • Ellis Island

    Ellis Island
    I arrive in America and go through Ellis Island. After answering a question about having a job waiting for me, I am told that I must be detained for 3 months.

  • America!

    America!
    I finally am released from being a detainee at Ellis Island for 3 months.

  • I am sent to Wander the Streets

    I run out of money for the rent and am kicked out of the place to go make a living out on the streets.

  • I get a job as a railroad worker

    I get a job as a railroad worker
    After weeks on the streets starving to death, I find a job as a railroad worker to build a railroad moving west.

  • Railroad is Finished

    We finish our work on the Railroad and I go and live with people travelling west.

  • Land Race is ON!

    Land Race is ON!
    The Land race started and was very hectic, I took my horse and ran ahead when everyone else was first figuring out what to do after the shot had rung out. I got a nice piece of land and settled down

  • Child is Born

    My First Child is born which creates happy times for us.

  • I Die

    I Die of Pneumonia during the early months of the winter.