Historical Insights

Migration & Settlement

Learn about who, why, where, and how people in the past moved from place to place, such as Irish immigration to the U.S., the Great Migration, and the Oregon Trail.

Immigration

The founding of the 13 colonies, the forced movement of enslaved people, and entry ports like Ellis Island are part of America’s immigration and migration history.

Settlement

Throughout U.S. history—homesteaders in the West to the Great Migration from the South—people have moved to establish farms, find jobs, or create a religious haven.