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Orphan Train Chat Tonight

Please join us tonight for a chat with Dae Powell and Jayne McCormick. Come early-this chat will fill up fast.

Monday, August 17, 8:00pm (MDT) GENTREK: Orphan Trains
In the early 1850s, thousands of children roamed the streets of New York in search of shelter, food and money, many of them prey to disease and crime. In order to survive, many sold matches, rags, newspapers, or whatever they deemed saleable, and banded together in gangs to protect themselves from street violence.

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