While the Orphan Trains were a historically significant event in the nation’s past, the whole saga of the transportation of these children across the country has generally been ignored or forgotten.
ST. LANDRY PARISH — Walking into the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum, you’re immediately surrounded by a wealth of history — stories that date back to the 1850s and continue to echo through time. “This ...
Humanities Nebraska is funding a four-city tour of the program “Riders on the Orphan Train” in July. The program will come to the Chadron Library July 22 at 3 p.m. Several thousand children came to ...
The Crete Public Library District reached out via social media to find descendants of orphan train riders who want to share their stories for programming related to an upcoming exhibit. Sarah Wegley, ...
Few people today are aware of the largest child migration in history, Riders of the Orphan Train, but there's an outreach program with a mission to raise awareness and preserve stories about the ...
DYSART — Some details of when the five Morris children arrived on the orphan train remain a mystery.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — One thing is certain in Music City; we live among talented people who helped create some of the world's most famous recordings. One producer and engineer has set out to tell ...
Learn more about a fascinating time in Louisiana history on Jan. 27 when Martha Aubert, president of the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum in Opelousas, and James Douget, a museum board member, discuss ...
The railroad tracks that cross through the heart of Osage have carried a lot of history over the years. For well over a century, the countless trains that rolled through town on those rails have ...
Bellingham, Bruce. Little Wanderers: A Socio-Historical Study of the Nineteenth Century Origins of Child Fostering and Adoption Reform, based on Early Records of the New York Children's Aid Society.
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