The Brave Journey of an Orphan Train Rider

Name: The Brave Journey of an Orphan Train Rider
Uploaded: 2014-07-22T20:41:20Z
Duration: P3476S
Description: Author and Historian Clark Kidder shares stories of orphans transported from New York City to the Midwest. Nearly 150,000 children were sent to live with farm families between 1853 and 1929. Kidder tells the story of his paternal grandmother, Emily Reese Kidder of Milton who was brought to Wisconsin in 1909 on an orphan train.

Special | 57m 56s | Video has closed captioning.

Author and Historian Clark Kidder shares stories of orphans transported from New York City to the Midwest. Nearly 150,000 children were sent to live with farm families between 1853 and 1929. Kidder tells the story of his paternal grandmother, Emily Reese Kidder of Milton who was brought to Wisconsin in 1909 on an orphan train.

Aired: 05/19/14

Rating: TV-G