it seems fitting to write about Hutchinson’s link to the orphan train movement. My first Slice of Life story published Feb. 10, 1998, featured the late Ross and Audre Heilman of Hutchinson.

In the 1830s, more and more immigrants arrived in cities on the East Coast. The influx of immigrants led to a surge in child homelessness, particularly in New York. Thus began the Orphan Train ...

which spearheaded the orphan train movement. “I was promised when he was sent away that I would know what place he was to be sent to. He left my house last January and it is as you are aware a ...

What are you reading?” That’s my favorite question to ask my friends. There’s nothing better than sharing opinions about books. Sometimes we agree and other times we agree to ...

Charles Loring Brace makes the "orphan train," movement national in its scope. He hopes to send urban orphans "to kind Christian homes in the country." During the next 65 years, an estimated ...