Pullman (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781515184713)

George Pullman built America's first industrial town south of Chicago on Lake Calumet. He purchased 4000 acres of natural marshlands and woods and built factories to make sleeping cars for the railroads. He also built a model community for the workers to live in. Brick homes with modern conveniences. The more skills the worker had, the better the home he would have. List of Poems: 1. I am Pullman 2. The Pullman Experiment 3. Lake Calumet Flyway 4. Lake Calumet Today 5. Col. James Bowen / The Opening of the Calumet 6. I am Calumet / Andrea Stevens 7. George Pullman's Dream 8. Big Steel 9. Development of the Sleeping Car 10. Solon Beman / Nathan Barrett 11. Pullman Corliss Engine 12. Coming To Pullman 13. The Pullman Plan and The Greenstone Church 14. Hotel Florence / Mike Wagenbach 15. The Arcade 16. The Pullman Library / Miss Bertha Stewart Ludlam 17. Market Hall 18. The Stables 19. The Pullman Firehouse 20. The Pullman Plan for Education 21. Healthcare in Historic Pullman / Dr. John McLean / CFHC 22. Pullman In Illinois 23. Pullman Recollection / Marlene Broderick 24. The Wedding of the Century 25. To My Beloved Frank / Florence Pullman Lowden 26. Castle Rest 27. The Pullman Twins 28. Pullman Athletic Association and the Social Experiment 29. The Regatta on Lake Calumet / 1883 30. The Great Pullman Bicycle Race 31. The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 32. Asa Philip Randolph and The Pullman Porters Union 33. Dad Was A Pullman Porter 34. I Rode In Pullman Cars With Porters / Bill Warrick, CBS 35. George and Hattie Arrive at Athletic Island 36. The 1894 Pullman Strike 37. Young Jennie Curtis / Pullman 38. Union Maid 39. The Pullman Massacre 40. I aint no puppet 41. Eugene Debs 42. Walking on the Picket Line 43. John Hopkins / Mayor of Chicago 44. My Husband Works At Pullman 45. George Pullman's Last Speech 46. Last Words of George Pullman 47. George Pullman's Burial and Will 48. Gustave Behring / Son or Con? 49. Robert Todd Lincoln 50. Labor Day in Pullman 51. FDR at the Pullman Labor Day Re-enactment 52. I Attended Pullman Tech / Robert Kelliher 53. Run, Harry Bergstrom / Pullman Tech 54. The 1960 Attempt to Condemn Historic Pullman 55. Mario Avignone / Founder of Pullman Civic Organization 56. Historic Pullman Foundation 57. "Mayor of Pullman", Mike Shymanski 58. Historic Pullman Garden Club and HPF Teas and House Tours 59. Ed Beyer, Lifelong Resident / I Remember Historic Pullman 60. The Night The Clock Tower Burned 61. What about North Pullman? 62. Poe classical school 63. The Three Pullman Murals 64. Sgt Albert Dono Ware 65. Sherwin Williams 66. David Doig / The Pullman Park Plan 67. How About a Nature Reserve in Pullman? 68. Anthony Beale / Alderman of 9th Ward Including Pullman 69. Harbourside International Golf Courses / Lake Calumet 70. What's Happening in Pullman / Mark Konkol 71. Fred Fallin / Pullman Ukulele Master 72. The Earl of Pullman / Earl Pionke / Landmark Inn 73. Paul Petraitis / Pullman Historian 74. Hobos In Pullman 75. Pullman's Time Has Come / Tom Shepherd 81. JB Daniel Pullman Artist, Community Activist and Arts Benefactor 82. Argus Brewery 83. Dry Pullman 84. Rev. James Meeks, Salem Baptist Church, House of Hope 85. David Peterson Jr. A Tale of Two Towns 86. Tom Shepherd, SETF and Ders Anderson, Openlands, The Future of Lake Calumet 87. Whole Foods Distribution Center in Pullman 88. Gotham Greens and Method Soaps 89. PullmanArts 90. Racism in Historic Pullman 91. Co-operation Operation 92. Rev. Luther C. Mason Greenstone Church 93. Pullman Cafe / Ian Lantz 94. What About an Art Fair in Pullman? 95. Chris Campagna / Pullman Artist 96. Landmark Inn 97. Pullman Creek and Pullman Ditch 98. The Annual Pullman Family Reunion 99. Ann Marie Alspaugh and Dee Smith / Youtube / Prospective Pullman Artlofts Location 100. The Historic Pullman Artlofts Project / Acie Cargill

Author: Acie Cargill
ISBN-10: 1515184714
ISBN-13: 9781515184713
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2015
Pages: 270
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.57d