American Street
After spending up to twelve weeks crammed in the "tween decks" of the emigrant ship such as the brig Union, emigrants would have finally found themselves at one of America's busy ports. The American street recreated at the Ulster American Folk Park is typical of what the emigrants would have discovered.
American General Store
The general store was a basic part of the economy of the early community. As emigrants flocked to the New World, the store provided a source of goods to isolated settlements.The general store was much more than that - it provided a market for local farm surplus which was used to barter for items ...
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E Pattison Tinsmith
The Pattison family, from County Tyrone, emigrated to Connecticut about 1740. According to family tradition Edward Pattison’s father had wanted to move his family to America but became ill and died. Their mother had presumably died earlier for she is not mentioned in any family document. Ed...
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Mellon Bank
Thomas Mellon established his bank on January 1st, 1870, at Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh. The style of this building is earlier than this date, thus indicating that it was not purpose-built to house the bank. The frontage of the building is based on an artist’s impression painted 40 ye...
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