GENESEO — Geneseo Central Drama Club’s spring play isn’t just a performance — it’s a look into a little-known part of American history. “The Orphan Train,” taking the stage at ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — The Vigo County History Center dove into the history of orphan trains, during a program. Jamie Poorman is the head librarian of the Marshall Public Library, but ...

The museum is located in a former Union Pacific depot. The depot has been restored and now contains artifacts and displays relating to the history of the Orphan Trains.

The orphan train experience was one chapter they dug into. Another involved how their father helped to break Fox Chapel’s race barrier by working with a Black family to buy a home there.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...