Union Pacific Post Clock
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This clock sat in front of Opelousas' orphan train station and shows the station's former tie with Union Pacific Railroad.
This file appears in: All Aboard the Orphan Train!
All Aboard the Orphan Train! – The History of Opelousas' Orphan Train Movement
During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, there was a crisis in New York City with mothers abandoning their infants in front of orphanages due to the poor welfare institutions present. The Sisters of St. Peter’s Convent in New York…