The Crete Public Library District reached out via social media to find descendants of orphan train riders who want to share their stories for programming related to an upcoming exhibit.

A dedicated social worker organizes a train trip for a group of slum orphans in 1894, taking them from New York City to the Midwest in search of new families and new lives.

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

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 ...

The Gage County Historical Society has opened a few new exhibits after their winter break at the museum.

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.

The play depicts an early 20th-century movement that brought homeless, orphaned and abandoned kids from the East Coast to the ...