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| Tamra Wilson |
ASHEBORO – Join history buff and
family researcher Tamra Wilson as she talks about her quest to discover how her
grandmother wound up in the middle of Illinois with no known relatives in
“Sarah McGuirk, Orphan Train Rider,” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, at the Asheboro
Public Library.
Wilson’s talk is free and the
public is invited. It’s the last in a series of visits to the library by “Road
Scholars” from the North Carolina Humanities Council’s Many Stories, One People
project.
Orphan Trains resettled some
250,000 children from crowded eastern cities to rural areas of the United
States from 1853 to 1929. The program, though well-intentioned, was not without
its critics.
Using her ancestor as a case
study, Wilson explains how the orphan train program worked and didn't work, and
explores the story behind the story: the influx of Irish immigrants from the
Great Famine.
Wilson, who lives near Newton,
N.C., is author of Dining with Robert Redford and Other Stories,
short fiction about small town life. She also has published widely in a variety
of anthologies, magazines and journals.
The project is made possible by
funding from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and
affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Support also is
provided by the Friends of the Library.
The library is located at 201
Worth Street. Call 336-318-6803 for further information.
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