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, ...

Many wouldn't associate the words "bucket list item" with a town boasting a population of 5,395 (according to the 2010 census), but after learning it was the home of the National Orphan Train Museum, ...

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, thousands of orphaned children were placed on trains and sent across the United States. Known as the Orphan Train movement, the program aimed to relocate children ...

Step back in time to March 15, 1906, when the Orphan Train pulled into the Eastern Iowa town of Hopkinton. Townsfolk paused in their daily routines, drawn to the unusual gathering prompted by the ...

In 1914, nine orphaned children from New York boarded a train to their new homes in the Midwest. They became part of the Orphan Train Movement (1854-1929), joining an estimated 200,000 youngsters ...

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 ...

Concordia, Kan., is putting up several statues of orphans like this one of a young Miriam Zitur, who rode the rails from New York City to a new home. (Bruce N. Meyer/Chicago Tribune/TNS) Concordia, ...

‘West by Orphan Train’ chronicles the adoption practice that lasted decades ‘West by Orphan Train’ chronicles the adoption practice that lasted decades Step back in time to March 15, 1906, when the ...

Night of the Orphan Train is a musical novel telling the story of the orphan train movement that ended in 1929. The program took children from crowded eastern cities like New York into other parts of ...

A new bronze statue of a little girl sits on a sidewalk in Concordia, Kan. Her name is Miriam Zitur, and she’s about 6 years old with pigtails and bare feet.