In the early 20th century, New York City faced an epidemic of abandoned babies, while mining communities lacked resources to ...

Orphan Grain Train Michigan, based in Sebewaing, completed its 15th international shipment with 15 tons of aid to Lithuania, ...

Anna Castner Wightman will present the program about the Orphan Train. Her grandfather, father of Lloyd Castner, was an Orphan Train rider.

A Crete library exhibit organizer says 63 orphan train riders found homes in Kankakee, 184 in Kankakee County and 133 in Will County.

‘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 ...

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 ...