The Five Points District of New York City was no place for an orphan girl. Gangs, brothels, gambling halls, and corruption were prevalent everywhere in the slums. For Tabitha Salt, learning to steal and run from the law were becoming a way of life until she learned about the orphan trains. Boarding the trains meant leaving the only life she knew, vulnerable and afraid she makes a decision that will alter her life’s course forever.
Forgetting Tabitha the Story of an Orphan Train Rider
September 28, 2014 By
