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American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: The Town of Pullman

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From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes how George Pullman amassed a fortune making specialized rail cars. He then decided to build a town for his labor force, one that was very advanced for that time. But he also wanted to control many features of the town, which eventually led to resentment from the workers.

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