Learn about the Orphan Train Movement and its history at a free, all-ages public presentation from Glen Carbon Centennial ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The Vigo County History Center dove into the history of orphan trains, during a program. Jamie Poorman is the head librarian of the Marshall Public Library, but she was ...

CONCORDIA, Kan. | Back in the mid-1850s, an unbelievable 30,000 children were homeless and living on their own on the streets of New York City. For various reasons those children were abandoned and ...

COLUMBUS, Kan. — The Orphan Train Traveling Display exhibit at the Cherokee County Genealogy and History Library is reviving a generation's interest in the country's early foster care and adoption ...

Award-winning author Sherry A. Burton will present "The History of Orphan Trains" at the Lenawee District Library on July 20. Burton will share real accounts from children who rode the Orphan Trains, ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH — The Louisiana Orphan Train Museum in Opelousas preserves a little-known chapter of American history while highlighting the personal stories that connect the past to the present.

Between 1854 and 1929, tens of thousands of orphans collected off the streets of New York City and other Eastern cities were placed on what came to be known as Orphan Trains and transported across the ...

Speakers shared true stories, mostly good, and included memories of their own personal family connections at the West Feliciana Parish Library recently, giving insight about some of the many children ...

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, ...

The new families and new opportunities offered for orphans who rode the rails from 1854 through the mid-1920s will be explored in a Nov. 5 presentation hosted by the Richmond Area Historical and ...

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 ...

BNSF Railway Co. is helping preserve the history of orphan trains, and the children and agents who rode them. The Class I recently donated a depot in Concordia, Kan., to the National Orphan Train ...