An overflow crowd attended the Orphans Train program held in the Cherokee County Genealogical -Historical Society room of the Columbus
Local historian Ella Buzzard talked about the history of the Orphan Train in the United States
Patti Street gave a list of the orphans who came to Cherokee County and the families they joined
What was the Orphan Train and what was the impact of the program in saving more than 250,000 young people from roaming the streets of the big cities and facing starvation?
Tuesday evening the Columbus Genealogical-Historical Society brought the story of these unfortunate children to a special meeting.
Some in the audience had relatives who came west on the Orphan Trains. Others asked the question, w…
