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 ...

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 ...

An Irish woman who rode an Orphan Train from New York to Texas as an infant in 1922 recently celebrated her 100th birthday, possibly making her the last surviving Orphan Train passenger. Beatrice ...

Nacogdoches Historic Sites is hosting a multimedia program on the Orphan Train movement at 6 p.m. July 11 at the Railroad Depot, 101 Old Tyler Road. “Riders on the Orphan Train” will be presented by ...

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, ...

Warren (Orphan Train Rider) here interviews eight orphan train riders concerning their childhood experiences during "the largest children's migration in history" between 1854 and 1929 as part of a ...

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.

DYSART — Some details of when the five Morris children arrived on the orphan train remain a mystery.

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 ...

GENESEO — Geneseo Central Drama Club’s spring play isn’t just a performance — it’s a look into a little-known part of American history. “The Orphan Train,” taking the stage at Geneseo Central School ...