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.

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

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 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.

When George Franklin Sr., a runaway orphan from Alabama, decided to jump off of a train in Louisiana more than a century ago, he couldn't have foreseen the seed he planted in Richland Parish would ...