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- 1876 Centennial Exposition, 143–44, 207, 260
- 1877 Railroad Strike, 175–78, 199
- 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, 260–66
- 1894 Pullman Strike, 2, 268–70
- A. B. Pullman Company, 246, 263–64, 266
- accidents, 68–69, 124, 130, 164–65, 168, 169, 185, 242–43
- Allen Paper Wheels Company, 88–89, 168, 184–85, 203, 205, 251
- Allen, Richard, 88–89, 131, 167–68, 271
- Allport, James, 123–24, 179
- American Homestead Company (AHC), 117–18, 149, 171
- Angell, Charles, 31, 93, 138–41
- Angell, William G., 32, 139, 141, 266
- Aurora, Illinois, 43, 47, 56, 61, 64–65, 75, 99–100, 123, 202
- Barrett, Nathan, 204–5, 208, 240
- Beman, Solon, 205, 207, 208, 211, 213, 240, 261
- Bernhardt, Sarah, 161–62, 239
- Boston Board of Trade, 74–80
- building lifting and moving, 14, 18, 19, 21–23, 27, 28, 32, 34, 159, 196
- Carbutt, John, 56, 58
- Carnegie, Andrew, 63, 65–67, 70, 164, 270
- Central Transportation Company (CTC), 65–67
- Cherry Island, 98, 226–27, 265, 266
- Chicago, 4, 5, 20–22, 25, 30, 41, 44, 49, 51, 57, 63, 69, 71, 74, 83, 84, 85–88, 89, 90, 103, 105–6, 107, 112, 115, 116, 119, 123, 159–60, 161–62, 168, 176–77, 178, 186–87, 188–89, 208, 212–13, 216, 220, 228, 235, 237, 238–45, 246–49, 254, 256, 259–61, 266–67
- Albert Pullman and, 5, 27–28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 38, 83, 85, 94, 96, 108, 127, 129, 134, 135, 146, 158, 163, 188, 189–90, 200, 225, 227–28, 229, 239, 242, 249, 257, 260, 266, 271
- Central Business District of, 83–84, 105, 197, 240–41, 247–48
- George Pullman and, 20, 26, 44, 57, 63, 102, 106, 108, 125, 163–64, 176, 196–98, 202–3, 220–21, 261, 269
- medical practitioners in, 16, 161, 230, 231, 234
- politics in, 65, 181–82, 186, 188–90, 200, 243, 257
- Chicago Board of Trade, 133, 229–30
- Chicago, Great Fire (1871), 103, 105–8, 111, 112, 114, 147, 149, 159, 160, 162, 183, 197, 240, 259–60
- Cobb, Zenas, 134, 165
- Colorado, 26, 28, 29–30, 32, 60, 70, 91, 93, 117, 149, 252, 253
- Crosby's Opera House, 47, 48, 105, 160, 162
- Detroit, Michigan, 17, 24, 43, 75, 76, 99–100, 119, 123, 125, 126, 130, 144, 164–65, 174, 184, 197, 202, 205, 207, 217, 220
- Drake, John B., 85, 96, 149, 187, 188, 189, 190, 247, 255, 271
- Field, Benjamin, 23, 27, 28, 30, 50, 178. See also Pullman & Field
- Field, Marshall, 204, 240, 253, 260
- Fluhrer, William (brother-in-law), 98, 227, 230, 231–32
- Fraternal Orders. See Mutual Benefit Societies
- Freemasonry, 17–18, 90, 137, 163, 256
- Grand Pacific Hotel, 85, 149, 189, 247, 257, 260
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, 16–17, 18–19, 21, 26, 27–28, 88, 98, 135, 159, 196
- Grant, Ulysses S., 49, 65, 98, 106, 125, 158, 162, 182, 183, 186–87, 202, 204
- Great Western Insurance Company (GWIC), 103–11, 118–22, 146, 170, 230
- Hayes, Rutherford B., 177, 187, 189
- homeopathy, 15–16, 161, 230
- Hotel Florence (Pullman), 206, 208, 216, 234
- Jennings, Ebenezer, 86, 91, 96, 117–18, 235–37, 266, 271
- Jennings Laundry, 86–88, 164, 166, 235
- Johnson, Thomas L., 38, 160
- J. W. Street & Company Cattle Express Company, 89–90
- Lincoln, Abraham, 26, 41–43, 48, 58
- Lincoln, Robert Todd, 38, 57, 160
- Longstreet, Aaron, 88, 126, 127, 146, 197, 237, 266, 271
- Loomis, John S., 91–92
- Matteson, Joel, 22, 24, 25, 249
- Monroe, H. S., 90, 121–22
- Mutual Benefit Societies, 90, 94, 175, 178–79, 189, 263
- Mutual Labor Relations, 100, 101, 172–76, 178–79, 191, 198, 200, 210, 269
- Myers, David, 103, 121–22, 170, 271
- National Bank of Commerce (NBC), 113–17, 122, 159
- New York City, 4, 56, 64, 66, 74, 86, 139, 182, 205, 227, 228, 250–51, 252, 259, 261
- New York City Transit, 181, 184–86, 206
- New York State, 9, 10–11, 13, 17–18, 20, 23, 44, 64, 89, 92, 97, 98, 138, 196, 207, 211, 226
- Oakley, Henry, 152–55
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, 79, 199–200
- Omaha, Nebraska, 57, 67, 68, 73, 76, 87, 183
- Panic of 1857, 19, 21
- Panic of 1873, 33, 115–16, 144, 175, 178, 184
- Panic of 1893, 268
- Paper Wheels. See Allen Paper Wheels Company
- Parmelee, Frank, 90, 230, 239
- Patton Electric Motor Car, 252–54
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 49, 57, 65, 115, 143–44, 176, 202, 230, 243, 244, 260
- Pierson, Henry, 99, 100–101
- Pingree, Merrill Gaylord, 230–31, 232
- Pioneer, 39, 41–43, 51
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 24, 176–77, 191
- Porter, Horace, 42, 65, 125–26, 139, 182, 184, 187, 197, 228
- Pratt, Cyrus, 91–92, 96, 117–18, 149, 271
- Pullman, Albert Benton, 1, 4, 5, 30, 195
- and 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, 260–61, 263–64, 265
- and early sleeping cars, 14, 23, 25, 28–29, 35, 39
- and electricity, 246–47, 249–50
- and excursions, 3, 22, 29, 42–43, 45–46, 47, 49–52, 54–55, 58–61, 65, 67, 68, 71, 73–74, 75–80, 90–91, 92–93, 119, 169–70, 183, 185, 199–200
- and George Pullman, 9–10, 16, 17–19, 25, 37, 40, 42, 45, 55, 74, 84, 103, 113, 119, 122, 124, 129, 131, 136, 143–44, 149–50, 167, 178, 179, 181–82, 187, 191, 195–96, 200, 216, 223, 227–28, 229, 230, 239, 246, 263, 265, 266–67, 271
- and horses, 30, 38, 101, 174–75, 239–43
- and journalists, 22, 29, 33–34, 47, 48, 49–50, 52, 61, 73, 94, 119, 126, 127, 129–31, 156, 157, 158, 166, 167, 168, 185, 208, 227, 228, 229, 257
- and music, 18, 49, 50, 77, 91, 162–63
- and philanthropy, 48–49, 83, 85–86, 159–61
- and politics, 21–22, 181–82, 186–91
- and PPCC, 63–64, 99–101, 118–19, 139, 143, 165, 169–70, 174–75, 184–85, 197–98, 202, 227–28
- and railroad technology, 148, 169–70, 252–53, 255–57. See also manufacturing investments
- and telephones, 242, 246, 247–49
- and Town of Pullman, 201, 202, 205, 207, 211, 215–16, 223–24
- apprenticeship, 14, 15
- banking investments. See National Bank of Chicago (NBC)
- birth, 13
- Chicago Hanson Cab Company (CHCC), 240–45
- death, 265–66
- domestic life, 16, 30, 96, 98, 137, 161, 197, 225
- endorsements, 163–65, 171
- financial irresponsibility, 16, 17, 18–19, 21, 30, 95, 227–28, 229–30, 244–45
- fire insurance investments. See Great Western Insurance Company (GWIC)
- hires first Pullman porters, 37–38
- in Chicago, 5, 21–22, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 38, 44, 69, 83–84, 85–86, 88, 90, 94, 96, 103, 108, 113, 123, 129, 134–35, 148, 157, 158, 159–63, 168–69, 178, 182, 186–91, 196, 208, 229–30, 238–45, 249–51, 260, 266, 271
- in Grand Rapids, 17–18, 26, 27–28
- in Great Britain, 124–25, 126–29, 131, 146, 154, 156
- Irish Land Reform, 187–90
- land sales. See American Homestead Company (AHC)
- last investments, 246–50, 250–58
- manufacturing investments, 148, 246, 250–51, 257–58
- mining investments, 149, 250–51
- networking, 29, 49, 65, 83–89, 90–94, 128, 148, 167, 181, 230, 235–36
- patents, 88, 131, 166, 167, 170–71, 250, 263
- personality, 3, 4, 15, 23, 83, 129, 131, 223, 233–34
- reputation, 18–19, 50, 74, 83, 94, 127, 146, 156, 158–59, 160, 249, 251, 263, 266, 272
- Pullman, Allie (daughter), 85, 96
- Pullman, Charley (brother), 32, 98, 226, 255–57, 261, 265–66
- Pullman, Emily Bennett (wife), 16, 17, 18, 19, 26, 28, 30, 84, 96, 101, 135, 136–37, 162, 163, 186–87, 234
- Pullman, Emily Caroline Minton (mother), 11–12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 26, 28, 44, 51, 96, 97, 131, 139, 197, 225, 226, 229, 233, 251–52
- Pullman, Emma (daughter), 19, 26, 85, 96, 98, 133–34, 227, 231, 230, 231, 234–35, 237, 251, 265
- Pullman, George Mortimer (brother), 1–2, 3, 5, 30, 32–33, 35, 36, 44, 48, 56, 65, 71, 75–76, 93, 96–97, 98, 115, 124–25, 130, 138–40, 141, 146–48, 163–64, 178–79, 184, 187, 198, 199–202, 205–6, 206–13, 215, 220–23, 226, 228, 234, 240, 252, 255, 257, 261–63, 268–70
- and Albert Pullman, 9–10, 16, 17–19, 25, 37, 40, 42, 45, 55, 74, 84, 103, 113, 119, 122, 124, 129, 131, 136, 143–44, 149–50, 167, 178, 179, 181–82, 187, 191, 195–96, 200, 216, 223, 227–28, 229, 230, 239, 246, 263, 265, 266–67, 271
- and sleeping cars, 23–24, 28–29, 34, 43, 52, 123
- business strategies, 63–64, 66–67, 70, 144–46, 151–56, 209–10, 213
- early business success, 16, 18, 26–27
- in Chicago, 20–23, 25, 103, 106, 108, 163, 176–77, 195–96, 197
- personality, 14–15, 86, 97
- revises history, 27, 35, 41–42, 48, 215, 263, 265, 267, 270
- Pullman, Harriett “Hattie” Amelia Sanger (wife of George), 44, 86, 123, 136, 252
- Pullman, James (brother), 17, 97, 136, 266
- Pullman, Lewis (father), 10–11, 12, 13–14, 17–18, 90, 196
- Pullman, Nellie (daughter), 19, 26, 98, 161, 226, 266
- Pullman, Royal Henry (brother), 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 32, 51, 84, 96, 135, 229, 233–34, 251, 252, 266
- Pullman, Town of, 198–99, 201–3, 204–14, 215, 217–18, 221, 227, 235, 253, 256, 257, 262–63, 265
- Pullman Fluhrer, Emma (sister, nee Emily), 44, 51, 71, 96, 98, 126, 131, 137, 149, 162, 226, 227, 232, 233–34
- Pullman & Field, 24–25, 26, 34, 40, 46
- Pullman & Moore, 21–22, 26, 27, 34, 197
- Pullman Building, 197, 198, 213, 248, 255, 257
- Pullman Company. See Pullman's Palace Car Company
- Pullman Conductors, 34–35, 36, 37–38, 64, 69, 70, 86, 124, 130, 136, 137, 198, 226, 235
- Pullman family correspondence, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 26, 30, 51, 84, 131, 225, 227, 233, 234, 251, 263
- Pullman Island, 65, 97, 98, 252
- Pullman Land Association (PLA), 204, 206–7, 209
- Pullman Mutual Benefit Association (PMBA), 179
- Pullman Porters, 2, 35–38, 60, 64, 69, 70, 73, 86, 88, 124, 128, 130–31, 137, 152, 195, 198, 235, 261, 263
- Pullman Southern, 70
- Pullman's Pacific Car Company, 62, 66–67, 75
- Pullman's Palace Car Company (PPCC), 1–2, 4, 53, 63–64, 70, 125–26, 197, 201, 218–19, 259, 261–63, 271
- Rae, W. Fraser, 69, 124, 132
- Railroad Passenger Car Types
- Chair Cars, 67, 118–19
- Dining Cars, 61, 72, 152–53, 155–56, 215
- Hotel Cars, 43–44, 56, 60–61, 67, 75, 88, 143–44
- Parlor Cars, 118, 170, 215
- Salon Cars, 75
- Sleeping Cars, 22–26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33–34, 40–44, 47–48, 49, 50, 52, 56–57, 60, 67–71, 73–75, 99, 129, 131–32, 137, 143–46, 151–55, 183, 213, 218, 265
- Railroads
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, 167, 217, 218
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 46, 169, 175, 261–62
- Central Pacific Railroad, 37, 55, 56, 67, 68–69, 71, 73, 132, 154–55, 158
- Chicago & Alton Railroad, 22, 24–25, 26, 28, 34, 40, 41–42, 49, 91, 141, 165
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), 40, 47, 56–57, 101, 123, 144, 160, 171, 195, 213, 218
- Chicago & North Western Railroad, 44, 76, 145, 250, 251
- Chicago & Rock Island Railroad, 25, 71, 195
- Erie Railroad, 168–69
- Great Northern Railway (England), 131, 151–56
- Illinois Central Railroad, 25, 37, 46–47, 204, 206, 207
- Kansas Pacific Railroad, 56, 91
- Midland Railway (England), 123–24, 125–26, 127–28, 129, 130–32, 146, 151, 152–53, 155, 178–79
- Northern Pacific Railroad, 92, 228, 253
- Pennsylvania Railroad, 24, 65–67, 143, 144, 169–70, 175–77, 202, 228
- Union Pacific Railroad, 35, 55–60, 66–67, 68, 69, 77–78, 148, 158
- Rathborne, Richard W., Jr., 133–34, 229–30, 231, 324–35
- Riverside, Illinois, 79, 134, 199–201
- Ryder, Rev. Dr. W. H., 134, 159–60, 226
- San Francisco, 44, 68, 69, 73, 74, 78–79, 99, 183, 202
- Sanger, James M., 64, 85
- Sanger, James Y., 44, 85
- Sanger, Mary C., 44, 64, 121, 271
- Stager, Anson, 92–93, 94, 96
- Stewart, Graeme, 133–34, 134–35, 187, 191
- Stewart, Hart L., 85, 89, 90, 96, 97, 103–4, 108, 109, 120, 146–48, 271
- St. Paul's Universalist Church, Chicago, 86, 97, 133, 134, 149, 160–62, 225, 226, 239
- streetcars, 239, 242, 244, 252, 253–57, 261
- Street's Palace Stock Car Company, 89–90
- Sutherland, Duke of (George Sutherland–Leveson-Gower), 128, 216
- Talbot, E. H., 168–69, 217
- Thousand Islands, New York, 97–98, 149, 226, 258. See also Cherry Island, Pullman Island
- Trafton, Edwin H., 127, 158, 283n5
- Train, George Francis, 57, 58, 59, 252–53
- Transcontinental Railroad, 54–62, 66, 67, 68–69, 72–80, 158
- Universalist Church and Beliefs, 9–10, 11–12, 13, 18, 19, 37, 38, 70, 98, 149, 160, 161, 239, 266
- Upton, Clark, 109, 110–11, 119–20, 121