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Orphan Train
Alvernia University
The orphan train was Charles Loring Brace's idea to deal with the some 30,000 children living on the streets in New York City. Around 1850,...
89 months ago
A Kansas Town Makes Sure We Don't Forget How Orphan Train Riders Helped Settle America
Nebraska Public Media
Marie Cote was an infant on a train headed for Nebraska, but when it stopped in Belleville, Kansas, the Francoeur family of Concordia adopted...
87 months ago
After Tragedy, Young Girl Shipped West On 'Orphan Train'
NPR
Christina Baker Kline's new novel incorporates a true piece of American history. One of the book's protagonists, an Irish orphan,...
133 months ago
Part 2: 96-year-old Orphan Train Rider tells her story
www.kplctv.com
Alice was just three...
138 months ago
Orphan train experience has sisters looking for answers
The Post-Crescent
Henry, along with 10 other children, was taken off the train by the Hollingsworths, a childless couple that adopted only two of the orphans as...
110 months ago
Orphan trains brought thousands of kids to Nebraska
KNOP
Thousand of orphans...
27 months ago
'Orphan Train' author Christina Baker Kline tracks children's challenging lives
Alliance Review
'Orphan Train' author tracks challenging lives for children of the past ... It was six months late, but local readers of this year's One Book One...
43 months ago
'Orphan Train' on surprise trip up the best-seller list
USA Today
It's set in present-day Maine and Depression-era Minnesota. It weaves the stories of a 17-year-old troubled girl, a Penobscot Indian who is...
118 months ago
Orphan Train
Iowa PBS
Orphan Train. The story of the Orphan Train, a movement that transported poor and homeless New York City children to rural homes in the Midwest (including Iowa)...
1 month ago
Reunion in Little Falls helps preserve orphan train stories
Bemidji Pioneer
Joseph and Mary Duda and their three sons met the 2½-year-old girl at the station. The Dudas signed a receipt, promising to raise her as a Roman...
103 months ago