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, ...
ST. PAUL -- It was3:49 a.m. June 15, 1916, when orphan A17206 arrived at the train station in Winona, Minn. The 2-year-old girl with her name sewn in the hem of her dress was met by a couple who ...
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.