A Crete library exhibit organizer says 63 orphan train riders found homes in Kankakee, 184 in Kankakee County and 133 in Will County.

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The selected book is “Orphan Train: The Novel,” by Christina Baker Kline. One Book, One Community is an opportunity for family, friends, co-workers and residents to connect around a shared ...

One particular woman chose to adopt a young boy and girl at the Caldwell Depot, according to Karlyn Fedora of Bryan, who recently published a book about her father-in-law, an orphan train rider.

In researching her book, Barker visited her local library, watched documentaries, visited the National Orphan Train Museum and Research Center in Concordia, Kan., and even attended an Orphan Train ...

This was just one day of the Orphan Train Movement, and it aimed to offer these children with no relatives and no homes a chance at family life in rural areas where they might thrive.

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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 ...