Orphan Train Rider Stories
Click on the names below to view a
story of an Orphan Train Rider.
Mary Jane Baade - Nebraska - 1912
Anna Miller Bassett - Texas - 1918
Marguerite Thompson - Nebraska - 1911
Bill Oser - Michigan - 1922
More Orphan Train Riders Stories can be found in "Orphan Train Riders: Their Own
Stories" Volumes 1-6 published by the Orphan Train Heritage Society of America and
available through our
bookstore.
Seeking Stories

If you have a Orphan Train Rider story you would like to share with us, please call
us at 785-243-4471 or email at
othsa@msn.com.  We are always seeking
information and photographs on riders.  Thank you for your help.
Alice Bullis Ayler - Kansas 1930
Ellen Broderick - North Dakota - 1908
John J. Callahan - West Virginia - 1903
Irma Craig - Missouri - 1901
Elizabeth Wilde Daniels - Missouri - 1919
Charles Frederick - Illinois - 1888
Mike Francese - Texas - 1919
Ann Harrison - Colorado - 1911
Clifton and Myrtle Jennings - Arkansas - 1912
Lee Nailing - Texas - 1926
Jean Sexton - Missouri - 1914
Fred Engert Swedenburg - Nebraska - 1925