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'The Bereaved' a true story of the Orphan Trains (with a Penngrove connection)
Petaluma Argus-Courier
According what Park Tracey discovered, the thought process was that, “The best thing was to put their children on trains and send them west. This would benefit...
9 months ago
Thousands of children came here on 'orphan trains'; learn more in a talk at Metairie library
NOLA.com
Thousands of children came here on 'orphan trains'; learn more in a talk at Metairie library ... Between 1873 and 1929, more than 2,000 'Orphan Train Riders' came...
4 months ago
Orphan Trains: Cole County Historical Society hosts hundreds to kick off its 2024 series
KRCG
The Cole County Historical Society, along with the Friends of the Missouri State Archives, kicked off its 2024 Historical Series on the evening of Thursday,...
4 months ago
Historical program on Orphan Train movement set in Wellsville
Olean Times Herald
Historical program on Orphan Train movement set in Wellsville ... Children from the slums in major cities of the eastern United States found new homes in rural...
2 months ago
Orphan train from the past | News | paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com
Pauls Valley Democrat
This 75-year experiment in child relocation is filled with the entire spectrum of human emotion, from heartbreak to happy endings and reveals a great deal about...
7 months ago
Orphan Train research historians to present program | News for Fenton, Linden, Holly MI | tctimes.com
Tri-County Times
The Fenton Historical Society and the Tyrone Township Historical Society are hosting a special event Tuesday, April 30. The program will focus on the Orphan...
2 months ago
Author shares history of Orphan Trains carrying children across the country
The Advocate
The story switches back and forth from rural Minnesota where the two are claimed by families in the 1920s to Maine, where an elderly woman, a survivor of the...
1 month ago
Tiskilwa program features Orphan Train Movement on April 8
Shaw Local
The Orphan Train Movement, operating between 1854 and 1929, delivered youngsters from congested, harsh urban areas in cities such as New York and Boston to...
1 month ago
Orphan train children taken in by families 125 years ago had lasting impact on Dysart
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Some details of when the five Morris children arrived on the orphan train remain a mystery. The impact that they and their descendants have had on the...
9 months ago
Tyrone Township, Fenton and Holly residents learn history about the Orphan Train Program
WEYI
Tyrone Township, Fenton and Holly residents learn history about the Orphan Train Program ... FENTON, Mich.— The Tyrone Township Historical Society, the Fenton...
1 month ago