Directory of Orphan Trains Resources

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Orphan Trains of Kansas

http://www.kancoll.org/articles/orphans/
Stories, articles, bibliographies, timeline and other information on orphans shipped west at the turn of the century in hopes of a better life.
Riders on an Orphan Train

http://www.kancoll.org/articles/orphans/orphan_t.htm
Provides a brief history of the orphan trains and the stories of riders Anna May Potthoff Keeton and William James Kimmel.
The Orphan Trains

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/orphan/
From P.B.S.'s "The American Experience." Provides information about the orphan trains designed to take their passengers to a better place and a fresh start.

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