INDEX

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
- Tremont House, 26–27, 47

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

Eckhardt Catering, 134, 190
Ely, Richard, 205, 206, 208–9, 213
Erie Canal, 11, 14, 18, 21, 23, 196

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
- Pullman v. Upton (1878), 121–22

Hayes, Rutherford B., 177, 187, 189
homeopathy, 15–16, 161, 230
Hotel Florence (Pullman), 206, 208, 216, 234

Irish Land League, 187–90

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

Kimball, Hannibal I., 70, 93–94
Kinsley, Herbert M. (caterer), 47–48, 50, 51, 56, 59, 135, 137, 160

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
- wedding, 136–37, 229
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
- illness and death, 225–27, 230–32
- philanthropic activities, 85–86, 134, 160–61, 225
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
- divorce, 234–35, 237, 251, 266–67
- wedding, 134
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
- and Pullman business, 50, 126, 162
- criticisms of, 135
- wedding of, 134–35
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
- strikes at, 220, 221–23, 269–70
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

Wagner Palace Car Company, 56, 59, 63, 65, 223
Wason Car Company, 24, 217
Waterman, A. N., 110, 118, 271
Woodruff Sleeping and Parlor Coach Company, 24, 40, 63, 65, 66, 67–68, 70, 71, 217

Yerkes, Charles, 238, 243–45

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