Library seeks descendants of orphan train riders to preserve their stories - Leesville Leader

Library seeks descendants of orphan train riders to preserve their stories - Leesville Leader

Special to the Leesville Leader Few people today know much about the largest child migration in history. Between 1854 and 1929 more than 250,000 orphans and unwanted children were sent from New York City by train to find new homes in every state in the continental United States. About 5,000 children sent by the Sisters of Charity of the New York Foundling Hospital found new homes in Louisiana. Locations include Opelousas, Eunice, Lafayette, New …