Pullman: Model Town and Historical Park

Late into the 19th century, the Pullman Palace Car Company transformed basic railroad travel into a luxurious, personalized excursion. The resulting industrial town of Pullman, south of Chicago, was designed in the 1880s to be a pleasant home for Pullman employees, where one could live and work. With a theatre, library, and two shopping “malls,” but no taverns, Pullman instead taught America about proper management and labor relations, as the town would become the epicenter of a nationally significant railroad strike and boycott—leading to the creation of Labor Day in the United States.

About the Author

Kenneth J. Schoon, a Northwest Indiana native, is a professor emeritus at Indiana University Northwest where he had taught for more than 40 years. He is the author of half a dozen books about the history of the greater Chicago / Northwest Indiana area including Calumet Beginnings: Ancient Shorelines and Settlements at the South End of Lake Michigan, Dreams of Duneland, and Shifting Sands: The Restoration of the Calumet Area. Most, to some extent, note the relationship between the geology of the area and its human history.

Details:

• Historical nonfiction
• 36 pages, approx. 6” x 9” booklet
• Text by Kenneth J. Schoon
• Printed in USA, published by Eastern National