Ellis+Island


 * Ellis Island**, is located at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, Ellis Island was opened o n January 1, 1892 to November 12, 1954. Ellis Island became the nation's premier federal immigration station.

Ellis Island was originally called Little Oyster Island, Ellis Island acquired its name from Samuel Ellis, a colonial New Yorker

Ellis Island Immigrant designed by architects Edward Lippincott Tilton and William Alciphron Boring.

Ellis Island had a total of 12 million immigrants were inspected there by the US Bureau of Immigration

Ellis Island peak year for immigration was in 1907 where they had processed 1,004,756

Those with visible health problems or diseases were sent home or held in the island's hospital facilities for long periods of time.

Then they were asked 29 questions including name, occupation, and the amount of money they carried with them. Generally those immigrants who were approved spent from two to five hours at Ellis Island.

There were more than three thousand would-be immigrants died on Ellis Island while being held in the hospital facilities.

About 2 percent were denied admission to the U.S. and sent back to their countries of origin for reasons such as chronic contagious disease, criminal background, or insanity.

During World War I the German sabotage of the Black Tom Wharf ammunition depot damaged buildings on Ellis Island. The repairs included the current barrel-vaulted ceiling of the Main Hall. During the war,

During World War II, Ellis Island served as Coast Guard training base and as an internment camp for enemy aliens. American civilians or immigrants detained for fear of spying or sabotage.

As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, Ellis Island, along with Statue of Liberty, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.

The Statue of Liberty were sometimes thought to be on Ellis Island because of its symbolism as a welcome to immigrants,

The main building was restored after 30 years of abandonment and opened as a museum on September 10, 1990.

Today, over 40 percent of America's population can trace their ancestry through Ellis Island.

http://www.history.com/content/ellis-island

http://www.nps.gov/elis/index.htm

http://www.nyctourist.com/topten_ellis.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_island