"I think a recipe from long ago will get you ready for a story that took place in 1860.
"That's the old-fashioned way to serve oatmeal," Grandma answered. "Butter on oatmeal? That sounds strange," Jennifer said. "Yeah, I guess I did," Jeff mumbled, looking embarrassed. "Jeff liked it so much that he ate two helpings. "You might try it with brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter," Grandma said.
"Even if we're having oatmeal," Jennifer solemnly added. "It's oatmeal," he mouthed, as he rolled his eyes and grimaced. Her twelve-year-old brother, Jeff, sauntered into the hall just behind Grandma. Grandma Briley laughed and held up a hand. "You can't go jogging because it's raining," Jennifer said, "so could you read some of Frances Mary's journal and tell us now- right now -about Danny and Peg and why they couldn't write letters to anyone, and about the attempted kidnapping, and-" Jennifer Collins raced down the stairs, nearly colliding with her grandmother. As for the historical figures who enter these stories-they very well could have been at the places described at the proper times to touch the lives of the children who came west on the orphan trains.ĪND FRIENDS GENERALLY i re requested to give publiolty to the above Joseph, Missouri, between the years 18 as our setting in order to place our characters in one of the most exciting periods of American history. The Orphan Train Quartet was inspired by the true stories of these children but the characters in the series, their adventures, and the dates of their arrival are entirely fictional. This placing-out program was so successful that other groups, such as the New York Foundling Hospital, followed the example. This book made available by the Internet Archive.ĭuring the years from 1854 to 1929, the Children's Aid Society, founded by Charles Loring Brace, sent more than 100,000 children on orphan trains from the slums of New York City to new homes in the West.
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