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Old 11-20-2009, 12:09 AM   #1
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I've never heard of it. Thanks.
I read an article many years ago, in Smithsonian magazine, but haven't seen anything about it since. I had to Google it, to find the story to link to. Just one of those things that happened in history, with mixed opinions and mixed results. Would probably make a good Ken Burns, PBS special.
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Old 11-20-2009, 07:33 AM   #2
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I read an article many years ago, in Smithsonian magazine, but haven't seen anything about it since. I had to Google it, to find the story to link to. Just one of those things that happened in history, with mixed opinions and mixed results. Would probably make a good Ken Burns, PBS special.
Phil Cody has a good song about the orphan trains. That was the first I heard of it. I think I included it on one of the CMEPs.
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