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 ...

One local library is bringing the past to life in Lawrence County with a traveling exhibit called “All Aboard the Orphan ...

Kansas museums highlighting orphans, Oz and Amelia Earhart have received national recognition as part of the 2026 USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice Awards, USA Today announced Feb. 18. The National ...

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, ...

Learn more about a fascinating time in Louisiana history on Jan. 27 when Martha Aubert, president of the Louisiana Orphan Train Museum in Opelousas, and James Douget, a museum board member, discuss ...

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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.

A former editor and researcher will discuss the impact of orphan trains at a Tuesday Twilight Talk, 6:30 p.m., Aug. 7 at the Sioux City Public Museum. In 1853, a plan to rescue thousands of New York ...

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