Journey of Hope: The Orphan Train Route
$10.00
A talk by historian Sandra McKay, author of A Place for Me: An Orphan’s Journey Home. Ms. McKay will be joining us to discuss the history of the orphan trains that ran from the middle of the 19th century into the early 20th. These trains transported children who had either lost their parents or whose families could no longer care for them to new homes across the country. McKay’s talk will focus on the role played in this process by the nation’s railroads, including the Illinois Central, as well as the impact on the children and local communities here in northern Illinois- for good and for ill.
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A talk by historian Sandra McKay, author of A Place for Me: An Orphan’s Journey Home. Ms. McKay will be joining us to discuss the history of the orphan trains that ran from the middle of the 19th century into the early 20th. These trains transported children who had either lost their parents or whose families could no longer care for them to new homes across the country. McKay’s talk will focus on the role played in this process by the nation’s railroads, including the Illinois Central, as well as the impact on the children and local communities here in northern Illinois- for good and for ill.
