We happened to come upon the (at the time) recently opened Pullman National Historical Park on our way home from Chicago, so of course we had to stop and check it out. I remembered seeing some Pullman train cars back home in Texas, at the Railroad Museum in Galveston, so being able to learn more about them and how Mr. Pullman setup his factory and sharing that history with my kids was a great interactive way to close that knowledge loop.
Sincerely,
Pullman National Historical Park
Few sites preserve the history of American industry, labor and urban planning as well as Pullman, America’s first model industrial town.
State(s): Illinois
Established: 2015
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