Ellis island was originally built and opened as an immigration station.
The Meiji government set up a banking system, built railroads, improved ports, and organized a telegraph and postal system. Factories created by the government were sold to wealthy families.
Workers from the Eastern states were encouraged to come to Oklahoma during the early oil boom because they played it up as though it was a great life, the money was great, the area was great. Everything was to be had in Oklahoma and in the West versus struggling in the East.
