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Orphan Trains From about 1850 through the early twentieth century, thousands of children were transfered from the overcrowded orphanages and homes in the large cities in the northeastern United States, to live with families on farms throughout the middle West. The name orphan train originates with the railroad trains that transported the children to their new homes. While some of the children ...

For over 70 years the orphan trains carried close to 150, 000 children to new homes throughout the country. But by 1930, changing laws and changing attitudes saw the end of this most unique program.