April 11, 2026
Tag: Castle Garden New York
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Castle Garden, the Gateway to Ellis Island
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America’s welcome mat at Ellis Island in New York was for refugees — from hunger, political unrest, or poverty. While before 1890 the states controlled immigration, in 1890 the federal government took control through the Departments of Commerce, Labor, and (in 1940) Justice. Ellis Island wasn’t the only federal immigration center, but it was the…
Past Article
June 15, 2022 2 Comments
Here at the editor’s desk, postcards of all kinds are piled in each corner. Each hold a promising story. Today, I’m tackling my Cherreland card that I have pushed from side-to-side for over a year. It’s a story of one man’s odd investment that made him richer than he already was.