21. Orphan Trains: The Author's Perspective Together these books record a littleknown chapter in american history The The Children s Aid Society of New York City started the orphan trains as a http://andreawarren.com/Books/TrainsOverview.html

Home About the Author Books Interview with Andrea Warren ... Purchase Books Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story and We Rode the Orphan Train s Print this page Together these books record a little-known chapter in American history: The "placing out"of 200,000 homeless children, transporting them from mostly New York City by train to areas all across the country where they were taken by new families. The orphan trains started in 1854 and ended in 1930. They were the forerunner to modern day foster homes. Some say they were a good thing, others are horrified at the thought of lining children up to be looked over by prospective parents. Yet the same thing happens at today's "adoption fairs," where children needing families have the opportunity to meet and mingle with individuals and couples interested in adopting a child. It's estimated that perhaps 50 percent of the children found good homes. The other 50 percent were taken as workers or were shuffled from home to home or abused in various ways. Yet even these children frequently express their gratitude to the orphan trains for giving them at chance at lifea chance often denied them in the brutal environs of a vast city that offered no shelter. The children became homeless for a variety of reasons. Many were the offspring of newly arrived immigrants who fell on hard times and could not support their families. Some were removed from their homes for abuse. Others ran away. Sometimes children were orphaned when their parents died of illness or from accidents.

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23. Wamu.org : Programs : Special Programs : Orphan Train most significant social experiments in american history the orphan trains .In 1854, the first orphan train carried 46 homeless children from NYC to http://www.wamu.org/programs/special/05/orphan_train.php

Why Support WAMU? Skip Home Support WAMU ... Search Saturday September 24, 2005 On now On The Media Listen live in Real Windows WAMU Schedule Help On Today Time Program The World Today Newslink The World Today People and Politics ... The Parent's Journal Special program: NPR News Special: Hurricane Rita Car Talk Weekend Edition Saturday Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me ... The Big Broadcast WAMU 88.5 FM American University 4000 Brandywine Street, NW Washington, DC 20016-8082 contact sitemap American University Radio Orphan Train Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 8pm A one-hour documentary that explores one of the least know and yet most significant social experiments in American history - the "orphan trains". In 1854, the first orphan train carried 46 homeless children from NYC to far off homes to become laborers in the pioneer West. It was the first step in what was to become the emigration of as many as 250,000 children to new homes throughout the U.S., including the Washington, DC area. The special features interviews with surviving orphan train riders as well as readings from period newspapers, letters and journals. Produced by Annie Wu, this program

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25. A Message From Andrea Warren I believe the orphan trains were a significant event in american history. Not onlydid the trains impact the lives of upwards of 200000 children and their http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~orphantrain/warren.htm

A Message From Andrea Warren Dear Students, I believe the orphan trains were a significant event in American history. Not only did the trains impact the lives of upwards of 200,000 children and their descendants, it also impacted our social welfare system. As you study the orphan trains, study as well the living conditions of the time and consider the options available for homeless children. Then decide: Were the orphan trains an appropriate response? Each orphan train rider's story is moving and interesting, but it is important to consider the entire picture. I wish you well in your studies. Your new website and slide shows are most impressive! Andrea Warren Author of two nonfiction books on the orphan trains: Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story; and We Rode the Orphan Trains

26. Speakers (Young Audiences-U.S. History) Between 1854 and 1930, nearly 200000 children rode the orphan trains from This forgotten piece of american history is brought to life through slides, http://www.nebraskahumanities.org/speakersVIIB.html

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Students at the Notre Dame School, New York, N.Y. Books John Whiteclay Chambers, The Tyranny of Change: America in the Progressive Era A thorough and up-to-date history of Progressivism. John Milton Cooper, The Warrior and the Priest The lives, philosophies, and actions of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Films Ragtime Based on the E.L. Doctorow novel, the film weaves into its story many of the key figures of the era, including characters, among them Harry Houdini, J.P. Morgan, Booker T. Washington, and Emma Goldman. View the movie trailer (requires Windows Media Player): http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0082970/trailers-920-28 To learn more about movies and the Progressive Era Web Sites Recommended Web Site: TR: The Story of Teddy Roosevelt http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tr/

28. Orphan Trains Of The United States - community » community resources » history of adoption » orphan trains of the united The american orphan trains Transcript of the PBS program including http://www.adopting.org/adoptions/orphan-trains-of-the-united-states.html

@import url(/uni/adopting.org/styles/common.css); @import url(/uni/adopting.org/styles/screen.css); Forums Site Map Home community ... history of adoption orphan trains of the united states Orphan Trains of the United States Between 1854 and 1930, an estimated 150,000 - 200,000 children were transported by train from the eastern United States to foster and adoptive families in the American Mid-West. Orphan Trains A brief synopsis of the Orphan Trains with reading and video references for students and teachers.... [more] Sister Mary James' Story From the orphan train that carried her from New York to Louisiana, the story of Sarah Hunt, now Sister Mary James, Dominican Sister. The American Orphan Trains Transcript of the PBS program including excerpts from diaries and testimonies of organizers, riders, and parents. The Orphan Train An historical look at the westward bound orphan trains, from a Washington Post article by Andrea Warren. Add Your Comments! We want to know what you think. Your comments are important to us and the other readers. You are what makes this site special. You must be logged in to comment User name Password Remember me You must be registered to post.

29. Great American History Fact-Finder - -Children's Aid Society The Great american history FactFinder From 1854 to 1929 the Children s AidSociety sent more than 100000 children on orphan trains from the slums of http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/gahff/html/ff_037000_childrensaid.ht

Entries Publication Data Dedication Advisory Board ... World Civilizations The Great American History Fact-Finder Children's Aid Society an organization founded in 1853 by Charles Loring Brace to help orphaned, destitute, and homeless children in New York City. The society pioneered the placement of children in foster and adoptive homes rather than institutions. From 1854 to 1929 the Children's Aid Society sent more than 100,000 children on "orphan trains" from the slums of New York City to new homes in the West. Site Map I Partners I Press Releases I Company Home I Contact Us Terms and Conditions of Use Privacy Statement , and Trademark Information

30. A Home Long Forsaken: The History Behind The Story Of The Orphan To accompany our fiction piece, here s the history of the orphan trains. The american Experience The orphan trains by PBS Home Video. http://www.briomag.com/briomagazine/general/a0003928.html

A Home Long Forsaken: The History Behind the Story of the Orphan Trains by John Jenkins In the story “A Home Long Forsaken,” Emily VanHoecken and her two sisters journeyed from the bustling and crowded city of New York to new homes and families in the plains of Kansas. Though fictional, the story of these orphaned sisters is drawn from history and the real-life experiences of 200,000 to 300,000 poor and homeless children who took part in the Orphan Train movement, aided by tireless Orphan Train officials and placing agents from 1854 to the early 1930s. Comparing the population growth from that time until now, that’s the same as finding families for a million homeless children today! Although history books often overlook this “great adventure in faith,” many fascinating accounts about the Orphan Trains’ founder and movement, the placing agents who traveled with and cared for the children on the trains and the orphans themselves are available to us today with a trip to the library or the Internet. The Founder’s Great Duty By the 1850s, tens of thousands of poor and homeless children daily roamed New York City, scouring the streets for odd jobs, a meal and a roof over their heads. Dressed in tattered and filthy clothing that left them easy targets for illness, some sold newspapers, matches or even rags. Others turned to crime and became pickpockets or petty thieves, banding into gangs for protection and survival. Children as young as 5 were arrested and placed in cells with adult criminals.

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35. History Of Adoption - After The Civil War - Orphan Trains (Homework Help) The orphan trains are a strange chapter in adoption history. You can readmore about the orphan trains at PBS american Experience on the internet at http://www.adoptionclubhouse.org/03_homework/02_history/02_civilwar.html

Home Homework Help History of Adoption After the Civil War History of Adoption After the Civil War War often changes many aspects of daily life. In America, the way adoption works changed after each big war. This was partly because war kills many adults and leaves numerous orphans behind. Society must find new and better ways to help these children as it re-builds. More than 200 years ago, after the Revolutionary War, orphans in the big U.S. cities grew up in institutions called "poorhouses" without a real family. Adoption was very rare. After the Civil War, Americans were encouraged to adopt children and our current system began to develop. The "orphan trains" are a strange chapter in adoption history. Between 1854 and 1929, about a quarter of a million (250,000) children from New York City and other big Eastern cities were placed on trains to be adopted by farm families in the Midwest and West. Some went to Canada and Mexico, too, and had to learn how to speak Spanish or French. Orphan Trains Lee Nailling's dad was not able to take care of his large family by himself. So, in 1926, the children were all sent separate ways, and Lee and his brother George were taken to an orphanage. After two years at the orphanage, the boys learned they were going on a train ride. The train they were to ride was one of the orphan trains, which carried more than 200,000 children from crowded eastern cities to new families in the midwest, between 1854 and 1930. Lee Nailling's remarkable story is told in the book

36. Orphan Trains The book is a fictitious account of an orphan train journey and, that thedrama was deeply rooted in a littleknown chapter of american history in which http://www.studerhistory.org/content/orphan.shtml

Stories, information, charts and databases for a variety of Studer familes The Orphan Train Program Orphan Train information and links. Or use this address: www.orphantrainriders.com/res-mat11.html Article shown below, from The Algona Upper Des Moines newspaper Algona, Iowa, Thursday, March 27, 1980, section B By Stella Eischen background information... St. Benedict "The Catholics received 20 waifs from a New York asylum last Friday and scattered them in good homes in the county" "Father Schemel of Bancroft has of late found good homes for ten children which were sent him from an orphan asylum in New Yourk which shelters 2,000 waifs. Father Eckert of Wesley has also found good homes for several and we understand that in the vicinity of the Prairie Church fifteen of the homeless children have of late been placed in comfortable homes. One day last week a number of the little waifs from the same place arrived in Algona over the Northwestern Road. All have been place with good families..." The first sentence appeared in the Algona Upper Des Moines November 28, 1894 and the second quotation is from the Algona Courier, November 30 of that same year. These two items publicized an event that deeply affected the lives of many Kossuth County residents, but give no indication that the happening was part of a much larger circumstance that took place over a 40-year period between 1854 and 1904 when thousands of homeless children were brought from New York City by train to towns and farms in rural areas across America.

37. Primary Sources Documenting the american South Primary sources on Southern history, orphan trains - Read accounts of children who were shipped out of New York on http://www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/departments/research/primary_sources.htm

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