Children who rode the Orphan Trains between 1854-1929 wrote letters to the Agent who rode the train with them, telling about their new life ... good or bad.
Last Wednesday, July 2nd, I posted the first of four letters I will be posting once a week over four consecutive weeks. They were written by children who left New York City to find new homes in the West and Southwest. The second letter will be posted later today under "Articles," and the remaining two, the two following Wednesdays. These letters are not available to the public, so this is a special treat for those interested in the Orphan Train History. They were written in the last half of the 19th century. The hundreds of letters that were sitting at The Children's Aid Society in New York City, were recently placed in the keeping of the Library of Congress.
My Orphan Train Trilogy; Wildflowers, Bridie's Daughter and Secrets, is a continuous story that not only tells about how the lives of the children were changed, but also the lives of the adults who took them in not knowing anything about them.
It is an emotional story about family love and friendship, tragedy, romance, murder and intrigue and loads of humor. Love and tears flowed both ways.
Based on the memoirs of a Pearl Harbor survivor. Letters from two pen pals take the reader on a journey into the past, a past where nightmares came true, and when hatred reigned.
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