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.

The How to Train Your Dragon book series by Cressida Cowell is completely different from what we see in the movies.

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 ...

When Orphans Aren’t Actually Orphans In “The Sun Won’t Come Out Tomorrow,” Kristen Martin digs into the troubled history of orphanhood in America.