Pullman: Model Town and Historical Park

Company

National Park Service

Price

$8.99

Source

Official Store

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…