Clyde Beautification - Kansas

04/20/2026

It was a beautiful day yesterday to clean Reflections Park! We are ready for Prom and spring!

03/16/2026

A few more pictures from our Orphan Train unveiling. Thank you to everyone who attended and helped us celebrate on what would have been Adeline's 118th birthday. Once again, we would like to thank the Woods Trust for their generous donation that made this project possible ❤️

03/07/2026

03/07/2026

She's here! See you at 1pm today for the unveiling!

03/06/2026

03/05/2026

Make sure to join us this Saturday at 1pm to honor Adeline Trowbridge with our Orphan Train Statue in Reflection's Park on Washington Street in Clyde. We will host a reception with birthday cake and cookies after the unveiling at the Clyde VFW Post Home across the street.

Part I: Adeline Trowbridge

New Window Coverings and Plaques to be Unveiled During Orphan Train Celebration

Thursday, June 6th at 5pm; National Orphan Train Complex Courtyard

Every year at our Annual Celebration of Orphan Train Riders, we dedicate the newest statues and their plaques, window coverings, and bricks to honor the children who rode the orphan trains 1854-1929. This year’s children honored will be: Adeline Trowbridge, Hallie Garwood, Anne Harrison and the Schmidt children: Bertha, Ernest, Clara, and Carl.

Adeline Trowbridge is honored with a window covering in the Jones Education Station. It is in memory of Jenny Jones, Clyde, Kansas, who was a longtime board member of the National Orphan Train Complex.

Adeline's Story:

Adelaide Rossau was born to widow Louisa Rossau in Brooklyn, New York on March 7, 1908. Adelaide’s father Charles had passed away the previous November, leaving mother Louisa to care for a total of seven children on her own. Within the next two years, three of the seven children had passed away, and then finally Louisa herself in 1910. The remaining living children were all girls: Rose, age 14; Minnie, age 10; Mildred, age 7; and Adelaide, age 2. Rose was taken in by an aunt and Minnie by a grandmother, but Mildred and Adelaide were placed in a New York orphanage by July 1910.

In October 1911, Mildred and Adelaide were selected to go west on an orphan train with eleven other children. The train stopped in Clyde, Kansas where Adelaide was placed out with the Trowbridge family. Mildred did not find a placement in Clyde so the sisters were separated as Mildred was sent on to Nebraska to find a home.
When George and Sarah Trowbridge took Adelaide to live with them on their farm near Clyde, they already had three older sons. Nevertheless, they raised her as their own daughter and though she was never legally adopted, became known as Adeline Trowbridge. Adeline was given all the necessities of life and grew up with love. Her new family even gave her the freedom to keep in touch with her sisters which was a treasured gift.

Adeline graduated from Clyde High School and then received business training at the Brown Mackie School of Business in Salina. Next she took a beauty course and owned her own beauty shop for a time. During World War II, she worked throughout the war at Boeing. Afterward, she returned home to Clyde to work as a bookkeeper at the Exchange National Bank until she retired. Adeline never married but freely gave her time and talents to the Clyde Baptist Church as a dedicated member.

03/01/2026

We took a field trip yesterday to the National Orphan Train Complex! This museum is so well done! They have preserved the history of the Orphan Train beautifully! Make sure to add it to you list of places to visit and join us at our statue unveiling Saturday March 7th!

03/01/2026

Make sure to join us next Saturday for our Orphan Train Statue unveiling in honor of Adeline Trowbridge!

02/26/2026

Please join us! Thank you to the Harold Wood and Leola B Wood Charitable Grant for sponsoring this project!

01/09/2026

We are so excited to bring this exhibit to Clyde in December! Watch for updates as we will be unveiling our very own Orphan Train Statue soon!

Announcing our Traveling Exhibit schedule for 2026

12/26/2025

So far, we have no correct candy cane guesses! We will extend our contest through the weekend! Take a stroll today while the weather is beautiful and count the total candy canes you can find in the windows listed below!

One more week to guess how many candy canes are hidden in these windows! Leave us a note with your name and total candy canes in our Mailbox at Reflections Park!