Orphans of Clark County: Remembering and Rediscovering a County's Lost Children
This tour seeks to restore the histories of Clark County orphans, despite the loss of county orphanage records and damage to juvenile court records. Orphanages…
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Founding the Orphanage and Moving to Meigs Avenuelocation_fillThe original Jeffersonville Orphan’s Home stood near the Ohio River. An apartment building now stands on the a…
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Setbacks and Tragedies Among the Orphans of Jeffersonvillelocation_fillWhile most people think of orphans as children with no parents, most orphaned children had one or more living … -
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Belle Moorelocation_fillBelle Moore is an example of the incomplete, often contradictory evidence available about orphan’s lives. Born… -
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Frankie "Polk" Moorelocation_fillUnfortunately, some Clark County orphans ended up serving time in the the Indiana State Reformatory South, amo… -
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Unwelcome Childrenlocation_fillRather than run a local orphanage, Catholic churches in much of Southern Indiana sent children to large orphan… -
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A Murdered Motherlocation_fillIn May of 1927, at the height of the Prohibition Era, twenty-six year-old Mary Catherine Kamer wed thirty-eigh… -
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Better Tidingslocation_fillThe lives of local orphans were never all tragic. Happy memories and great achievements marked some of their l…
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