Local museum honors Orphan Train riders
DEANVILLE HERITAGE FOUNDATION members cut a ribbon to open the Deanville Depot Museum. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
HOT AIR BALLOON rides were one of the events during the Deanville Depot Museum’s grand opening last Saturday, April 30.
PEOPLE ATTENDING last Saturday’s Deanville Depot Museum opening enjoyed seeing the miniature trains inside the museum.
TRACTORS WERE ON DISPLAY at Saturday’s grand opening of the Deanville Depot Museum. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
PEOPLE ARE LINED UP to enter the new Deanville Depot Museum.
PEOPLE VISITING THE DEANVILLE Depot Museum will be able to see photos and information about each of the 14 Orphan Train riders who lived in Burleson County. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
DEANVILLE HERITAGE FOUNDATION members, Tom and Patsy Simek, name each of the 14 Orphan Train riders who resided in Burleson County and uncover a statue representing each of the riders. Also pictured on the platform is foundation president, Tommy Ryan. -- Tribune photo by Roy Sanders
THE HOT AIR BALLOON pilot is getting ready to give rides during Saturday’s grand opening of the Deanville Depot Museum.
Saturday morning, April 30, several hundred people attended the grand opening of the Deanville Depot Museum -- the first museum in Texas dedicated to Orphan Train riders.
The Deanville Depot was a labor of love by members of the Deanville Heritage Foundation which spanned over many years.
And the love was felt by many in attendance, especially those relatives of riders on th...
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