A lecture at Cloud Community College on the history of orphan trains spurred interest in Concordia about the trainloads of homeless children who were transported by railroad from big cities in the east to new homes in the west. It led to the creation of the National Orphan Train Complex in Concordia. Susan Sutton (pictured) is board chair of the National Orphan Train Complex in Concordia. Photo Credit: COURTESY PHOTO / RON WILSON
By Ron Wilson director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University What is more heart wrenching than the story…
