Riders on the Orphan Train

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The one-hour multi- media program combines live music by Phillip Lancaster and Alison Moore, video montage with archival photographs and interviews of survivors, and a dramatic reading of the 2012 novel “Riders on the Orphan Train” by award-winning author Alison Moore. Although the program is about children, it is designed to engage audiences of all ages and to inform, inspire and raise awareness about this little-known part of our history.

08/27/2026
A GREAT ARTICLE FROM A RECENT INTERVIEW ABOUT HOW WE CAME UPON THIS SUBJECT 28 YEARS AGO AND HOW IT CHANGED OUR LIVES.
07/22/2026

A GREAT ARTICLE FROM A RECENT INTERVIEW ABOUT HOW WE CAME UPON THIS SUBJECT 28 YEARS AGO AND HOW IT CHANGED OUR LIVES.

Although I had seen references about "orphan trains" in American history, it was a dozen years ago that my eyes were opened to this fascinating and little-known chapter of our past. It came in a program presented by Alison Moore and Phil Lancaster at the Portales Public Library in the summer of 2014...

07/11/2026

TALL SHIPS BOSTON HARBOR
COLUMBIA

Incs Lake Burnet,TX returning to earlier ideas. My “Tours” are a work in meditation and impermanence. It took a little ...
05/05/2026

Incs Lake Burnet,TX returning to earlier ideas. My “Tours” are a work in meditation and impermanence. It took a little more than two hours to split the wood from one piece. The stacking maybe 15 min. It will stay in place until after dinner when I’ll take it apart. I will make a bundle from the sticks. I’ll get photos of that next.

WE'RE PROUD TO BE THEIR OUTREACH PROGRAM!
02/27/2026

WE'RE PROUD TO BE THEIR OUTREACH PROGRAM!

We are so honored to be voted the #4 best history museum in the USA!

10/28/2025

Volume 3 of Orphan Train Riders: Their Own Stories, compiled by Mary Ellen Jonson, is now back in stock! If you pre paid for a copy, watch the mail! It will be coming to you within the next 2 weeks! Thanks again to the Community Foundation for Cloud County Impact Fund for providing partial funding for this project!

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7600 Lunar Drive
Austin, TX
78745

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