A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Nov. 12, 1954, Ellis Island officially closed as an immigration station and detention center. More than 12 million ...
Teenaged filmmakers row out to Ellis Island in 1974, then return 50 years later. As teenagers in 1974 Phil Buehler and Steve Siegel rowed out to explore the ruins of Ellis Island. They made a film, ...
On Saturday on Delamere Island near the gazebo at Ellis Lake in Marysville, the Mary Aaron Museum will be presenting its spring children’s program called “The Enchanted ‬Island.” Scheduled to take ...
A version of this story was originally published in 2019. When history professor Mark Washburne wanted to learn about his grandmother’s arrival in the United States as an infant, he went to Ellis ...
A wall of scaffolding is surrounding one of the nation’s most treasured national monuments this Fourth of July. The scaffolding surrounding part of Ellis Island is visible from Liberty State Park, a ...