books.google.com.au - The town of Pullman, the brainchild of George M. Pullman, began as a small community on the far south side of Chicago. In 1879, Pullman, builder of the well-known Pullman Sleeping Car, purchased land just west of Lake Calumet and surrounding the Illinois Central Railroad, to build his model town in 1880....http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Chicago_s_Historic_Pullman_District.html?id=EA3bUBOEPWMC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareChicago's Historic Pullman District
