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The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program in the US that transported orphans from overcrowded Eastern city orphanages to foster homes located largely in rural areas further west. If you were one of these orphans, you were sent on the train to be chosen by some pioneer family to help work their farms any time between 1853 and 1929.

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What are the ages of the children on the orphan train?

they ranged from babies to 15 years old. Also, in what sources can you find facts about Orphan Trains


How many orphans were on the orphan train?

There was more than one orphan train. All told, the orphan trains ran from New York to parts of the American west from 1853 - 1929. The orphan trains relocated approximately 250,000 children during these 76 years.


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Where did the orphan train come from?

Most of the orphan trains left from New York.


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Orphan Train - 1979 TV was released on: USA: 22 December 1979


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The web address of the National Orphan Train Complex is: http://www.orphantraindepot.com


What year did the orphan train get thought of?

1930


Where can you rent Orphan Train 1979?

Netflix!!


What is the phone number of the National Orphan Train Complex in Concordia Kansas?

The phone number of the National Orphan Train Complex is: 785-243-4471.


When did the orphan train begin?

The first Orphan Train started in the streets of New York and it started in the year of 1854 by Charles Loring Brace then ended in 1930 but that was only the first orphan train there was plenty more to come Hope I was help