Orphan Trains Rescued New York's Homeless Children

Faced with a crisis of orphans on New York City streets, Charles Brace devised a solution – send these children out for adoption in towns across the Midwest. By the end of the Orphan Train program, over 200,000 children had been placed with new families.

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