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A History of the Orphan Trains __ "Orphans ... Foundlings ... Waifs ... Half-Orphans ... Street Arabs ... Street Urchins ... all terms used to describe the children who rode the Orphan Trains. When the Orphan Train movement began, in the mid-19th century, it was estimated that approximately 30,000 abandoned children were living on the streets of New York." - From kancoll.org - http://www.kancoll.org/articles/orphans/or_hist.htm
Iowa Orphan Train Project __ Here you can read about the Iowa orphan train project. You will find teachers resources, lesson plans and links to additional materials. - from Briggs Elementary School, Maquoketa Iowa - http://www.maquoketa.k12.ia.us/orphan_train.html
Orphan Trains __ Learn about the orphan trains that brought children from overcrowded homes and orphanages in the big Northeastern cities to homes out west, beginning in 1850. - From outfitters.com - http://www.outfitters.com/~melissa/ot/ot.html
The Orphan Trains __ You will find information about the orphan trains that
started in the 1830s and shipped thousands of poor and homeless New York City
children out west to find new homes. - illustrated - From PBS -
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/orphan/index.html
Orphan Trains of Kansas __ "Beginning in 1854, charitable institutions in New York City began sending orphans on trains to the west to find new families, feeling that the children would fare better out west than on the streets of New York. Orphan trains arrived in Kansas between 1867 and 1930, and some 5000-6000 children were placed in Kansas homes....." You will find many resources and click-to-view images. - illustrated - From kancoll.org - http://www.kancoll.org/articles/orphans/
They rode the Orphan Trains __ Here you can read about the orphan trains of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and about the children who rode them. You can see a 1910 advertisement which is typical of most others which were placed in newspapers during the 75 years that this program was in operation. - illustrated - From rootsweb.com - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogrundy/orphans.html