Singing about a by-gone era: Bill Linthacum, accompanied by his wife Rosalie, sings about the history of the Orphan Train that brought thousands of abandoned children from New York City to the Midwest. Bill’s song tells about a young boy’s lifelong search for his brother after they were brought to Missouri on a train.
A nearly forgotten era when orphans and abandoned children were whisked from the streets of New York City to be placed with families in the Midwest is a subject of a haunting song being performed locally by Bill Linthacum.
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