ɪnˈɪʃəli stˈɑːɹɾᵻd ɪn fɪlɐdˈɛlfiə, pˌɛnsɪlvˈeɪniə, tə pɹəvˈaɪd ˌɛdʒuːkˈeɪʃənəl ɑːpɚtˈuːnᵻɾiz fɔːɹ ˈɪmɪɡɹənts tʃˈɪldɹən, ðɪ ˈɔːɹdɚ ɹᵻloʊkˈeɪɾᵻd ɪnðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi z tə dˈuːbjuːk, ˈaɪəwə, ænd ɪstˈæblɪʃt pɹˈɛɹi skˈuːlz əkɹˌɑːs ðə hˈaɪ plˈeɪnz.
Initially started in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to provide educational opportunities for immigrants' children, the order relocated in the 1840s to Dubuque, Iowa, and established prairie schools across the high plains.