Orphan trains to Missouri
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Orphan trains to Missouri
(Missouri heritage readers)
University of Missouri Press, c1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-106) and index
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This text explores the ""orphan trains"" which took poor European immigrant children to new lives in the Midwest in 1854. It documents the history of the children on those trains - their struggles, successes and failures. It includes stories of volunteers who oversaw the placement of the orphans.
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