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Pbs: American Experience: The Orphan Trains

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A site telling of the trains during the late 1800s that took orphans and unwanted children from the cities and transported them to the West to work on farms and hopefully be adopted.

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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