Riders on the Orphan Train Program

On Monday, October 20 at 7:00 pm the library will host performers Alison Moore and Phil Lancaster in a multi-media program about an exciting yet little known period in our history. Between 1854 and 1929 thousands of children were taken from New York City and placed on trains headed west to be given away. Through literature, music and archival photographs this virtually untold chapter in American history comes alive.
The program is made possible by a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.