Film & discussion with Mike Keene
POSTPONED: TO BE RESCHEDULED
Co-Presented with NYM Library
Held at NYM Cultural Center
PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience. Stay tuned for the new date to be announced soon!
The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center in collaboration with the New York Mills Friends of the Library is pleased to present a video viewing and discussion with author Michael Keene on TBD.
Join us for an interesting and informative evening about the Orphan Trains that brought children from New York to Minnesota and other western states. Attendees will watch the film “Abandoned” and then Mike Keene will join remotely to answer questions after the movie presentation.
This will be a unique hybrid event with history author, Michael Keene. The program explores the audacious relocation scheme which operated between 1854 and 1929, when an estimated 250,000 orphaned or abandoned children were transported west by train and placed in foster homes, mostly in rural mid-western areas, though there were several local placements. The premise now seems incredible, but it developed in response to a crisis in care for homeless children. Their stories are incredibly haunting and poignant.
Michael Keene Artist Bio
Michael T. Keene is the author of eight non-fiction books, nine local history videos, and an award-winning forty-episode podcast.
Although employed for twenty-five years as a financial advisor, Michael has combined his interests in writing, historical research, and filmmaking to explore unique and fascinating episodes of nineteenth-century history and stranger-than-life legends.
The events that bubbled out of this period include the orphan train phenomenon, the origins of the modern spiritualist movement, the women’s rights and abolitionist movements, as well as the founding of seven new religions and utopian communes.
Michael’s work also explores the history of the treatment of insanity, the building of the Erie Canal and the hidden history of Americas largest mass grave-yard.
What began as a hobby fifteen years ago has now become a glorious obsession!
All are welcome at this event. Pre-registration is encouraged to help with planning, but not required. Simply call 218-385-3339 or email info@kulcher.org if you plan to attend. A freewill donation will be collected to help cover costs.
Questions? Call 218-385-3339.
