Directory > Society > History > By Region > North America > United States > West > Orphan Trains Orphan Trains of Kansas Stories, articles, bibliographies, timeline and other information on orphans shipped west at the turn of the century in hopes of a better life. http://www.kancoll.org/articles/orphans/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Riders on an Orphan Train Provides a brief history of the orphan trains and the stories of riders Anna May Potthoff Keeton and William James Kimmel. http://www.kancoll.org/articles/orphans/orphan_t.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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The Orphan Trains From P.B.S.'s "The American Experience." This site provides information about the orphan trains designed to take their passengers to a better place and a fresh start. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/orphan/index.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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They Rode the Orphan Trains An article about the orphan trains of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the children who rode them. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogrundy/orphans.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Orphan Trains Background on the orphan trains that brought children from overcrowded homes and orphanages in the big northeastern cities to homes out west. http://www.outfitters.com/~melissa/ot/ot.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Art Smith's Story Arthur F. Smith, an orphan train rider in 1922, tells his personal story. http://www.hamilton.net/subscribers/hurd/artsmith.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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