This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Orphan Trains remembered in Colorado reunion tale
Survivors and descendants recall the Orphan Train era when up to 350000 orphans were shipped from New York to the West from the 1850s to 1929. Riders like Dorothy Sharpley recount rejections, second chances, and the mixed outcomes as farm families selected youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
Colo
America
New York
Dorothy Sharpley
Colorado
Sharpley
Columbus
Neb
St. Mary’s
Charles Loring Brace
Children’s Aid Society of
Tom Noel
University of Colorado
Janet Liebl
Minnesota
United States
Liebl
Stanley Cornell
Cornell
Victor
Eloise
Stanley
Coffeyville
Kaw
Wellington
Texas
Foundling Hospital
Brace
Kansas
New York City