Then west by train on road and route not known to us. We saw mountains, which must have been the Alleghenies, and felt much depressed. Was that America? Had we been fooled? We expected to see flat ground with no timber or boulders to clear. When we came far enough to see that kind of country our spirits rose again... -Andreas Veland, Recollections of an Immigrant These immigrants were relieved when they saw the type of land they were expecting because they