to America" from 1892 until it closed in 1954, The island was called

Gull Island by the Indians and Oyster Island by the Dutch people.

Later the English made it a place for hanging criminals and so the

island became known as Gibbet Island. The Indians sold it to the

Dutch East India Company for trinkets. The company later sold it to

Mynheer Paauw who also bought land along the New Jersey coastline.

Samuel Ellis, a colonial merchant bought the island and it became at

last Ellis Island. After the Revolution, the island was sold to New York

State and in 1811, Fort Gibson was built on it to prepa

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