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.

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 ...

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 ...

The train car sits in the middle of the little park in tiny Delmar, Iowa, as a reminder of the orphans who rode on it. Although the last of the children who were sent to new, and hopefully loving, ...

DYSART — 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 Dysart community, though, is as clear as ...

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 forgotten stories of more than 250,000 orphan train riders will be told with original music, archival photographs and historical recitations this week. The Nacogdoches Historical Sites Department ...

A group of performers at the Ahern Middle School are getting a special look at a challenging moment in the country’s history.

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 ...