Free Reception and Lecture: Riders on the Orphan Train
McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United StatesThe Orphan Train has gained much publicity recently with a best selling novel and a movie in the works. But few know what the phenomenon really meant for the historical landscape of our country. The orphan train was the largest child migration ever seen. More than 250, 000 orphans and unwanted children were taken out …