Biorn It all started with a quilt. Carver County Historical Society library researcher Marlene Magnuson attended a program by Ann Zemke, who used quilts to tell the story of her ...

In the 1830s, more and more immigrants arrived in cities on the East Coast. The influx of immigrants led to a surge in child homelessness, particularly in New York. Thus began the Orphan Train ...

The book takes readers from the proliferation of religious orphanages in the 1800s; to orphan trains, when a quarter million poor children from East Coast cities were sent on trains to homes in ...

Out of this desperate situation was born the orphan Train. This is a fictionalized account, based on actual events.

Orphan Train follows a spirited group of orphans as they embark upon the greatest adventure of their young lives. Some will find comfort and fulfillment of dreams, others misery and danger worse ...

The Orphan Trains follows the story of the New York Children's Aid Society, created in 1853 to provide thousands of street children with homes in rural communities in the American midwest.

Looking for something new to do in 2014? How about participating in Hutchinson’s first community read? The selected book is “Orphan Train: The Novel,” by Christina Baker Kline.

The first "orphan train," initiated by the Children's Mission for the Children of the Destitute, leaves Boston. About 30 street children are taken to foster homes in New Hampshire and Vermont.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A local group of volunteers is receiving recognition for its outreach efforts extending near and far. The Wichita branch of the Orphan Grain Train is one of many branches ...