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Voyage to America
My family an I decided to come to America when my father got a raise from his work so we had enough to get some tickets for the boat. -
Dealing with Americans and immigrants in the cities.
After four monthes of being in America we had learned a lot more English and were trying find some jobs to earn money for the trip west. From what we saw there weren't a lot of Irish but there were some in the city, and they were very helpful in finding jobs for us, since most people didn't hire Irish. When we found jobs we piled our money together every time we got paid, to see when we could go west. -
Getting ready for the trip to the west.
When we got enough money for the trip we got a wagon and some horses, we also got some supplies, Then we got on the road for the trip, and every day we had to walk about fifteen miles just to get to the west before the summer. -
Ready to get our land
Three or so days after we got to the town near the new land for the race, we lined up for the race and seven people total got shot because they went before the cannons shot out. The horses were bucking and throwing a lot of people off. Once the cannon rang out the horses jolted forward and began to run toward the new land. -
Making this house into a home
When we finished building our house it was huge. The land we got covered about seven acres and 3/4 of that land was for planting and growing crops.There was also a creek going through it. -
So much land
We've finally gotten settled down, and gotten the land the way we wanted it. We figured out when the best times and places to plant the crops we needed to survive the winter nad the rest of the year.
