Orphan Train
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Program: Living In Iowa #1418
Broadcast Date: Mar. 2, 2004
The story of the Orphan Train, a movement that transported poor and homeless New York City children to rural homes in the Midwest (including Iowa) between 1854 and 1929, is featured.
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