Article: Orphan Trains.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Orphan Trains
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society;      700+ words ... ... Trains The term orphan trains refers to the mid ... the sidewalks of New York City. Charles ... Society (CAS) of New York, that provided ... became known as the orphan trains. The trains challenged ... children riding the orphan trains. As author ...

Article: RETIRED TEACHER TRACKS STORY OF ORPHAN TRAINS
Post-Tribune (IN);  December 9, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... American history - the orphan trains. From 1854 to ... the streets of New York and Boston were ... Most of the early orphan trains came through Indiana ... the secretary of New York City's Children ... children shipped from New York. His brothers ... She said the ...

Article: Spreading the story of the orphan trains ; Jean ...
St. Joseph News-Press;  December 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... she took from New York City to Savannah ... a hub for the orphan trains. But the sad ... to ensure that orphan trains never vanish from ... under the rug." Orphan trains transported children ... children from the New York City streets and ...

Article: Children's stories get sidetracked in `Orphan ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... until 1929, "orphan trains" hauled poor ... Connor's "Orphan Trains" maps two journeys ... immigration had swelled New York's population ... adult jails. New York's most infamous ... trains" -- "orphan trains" is a 20th century ...

Article: ORPHAN TRAINS MOTIVATED BY ANTI-IMMIGRANT ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 24, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... threw then onto ``orphan trains'' and turned them ... man who created the orphan trains, Protestant minister ... reckless multitude of New York boys ... come to know ... real history of the orphan trains is essential because ...

Article: Time trip.(orphan trains and the Great Depression, ...
Current Events, a Weekly Reader publication;  March 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... lived on the streets of New York City. Some were orphans ... matches to survive. * New York minister Charles Loring ... was to get them out of New York. He decided to ship them ... train. Hundreds of other orphan trains soon followed. Newspapers ...

Article: Orphan Train; A new musical drama tells about the neglected ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  November 21, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... I saw the PBS special on orphan trains. Such a fascinating topic ... to six people who rode the orphan trains as children. They're among ... desperate by poor - rode the orphan trains from New York City and other Eastern cities ...