South Sioux City

Event Date:

Apr 18, 2014 from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Event Location:

Public Library
2121 Dakota Ave
South Sioux City, NE 68776
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Event Description:

Charlotte Endorf  “Excess Baggage: Riding the Orphan Train”

The South Sioux City Public Library is proud to bring Charlotte Endorf to the library of a One Book One Siouxland event on Friday April 18th  at 1:00 p.m.. 

Charlotte Endorf is a lifelong Nebraskan, a member of Toastmasters International (earning the Distinguished Toastmaster award twice), and specializes in speaking to elementary schools, museums, town festivals and the elderly throughout Nebraska. Charlotte has authored nine books on the Orphan Train, the North Platte Canteen and her journeys.  She also developed a documentary on the Orphan Train riders for the Madison County Historical Society.  After a trip to New York City she and an actual orphan train rider created a poetry CD of history and their time together.  She was nominated by the Madison County Historical Society and named by American Mothers, Inc. as the 2011 Nebraska Mother of the Year.  Her family developed Nebraska's second Free Little Library in their own front yard.

For this presentation Endorf traveled more than 8,500 miles, seeking the last surviving riders and descendents to document the real-life stories of the children who rode the Orphan Trains between the years 1854 and 1929. Dressed in period attire, Endorf entertains and educates audiences of all ages about this little known Nebraska history.

This program is made possible with funds from Humanities Nebraska

Event Contact:

Name: Dan Nieman
Title: Assistant Director
Email: dnieman@southsiouxcity.org
Business: 402-494-7545