It's truly hard to comprehend, but in the US between 1854 and 1929, an estimated 250,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children were removed from the streets of east coast cities and sent to rural areas on "orphan trains." Some of the orphans were warmly embraced by their new families, but others were regarded simply as free servants or farm workers. Their stories are told at the National Orphan Train Complex.
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