{"id":5565,"date":"2015-02-09T07:21:36","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T12:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=5565"},"modified":"2015-02-03T14:26:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T19:26:13","slug":"blood-on-the-tracks-in-pullman-chicagolands-failed-capitalist-utopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/02\/09\/blood-on-the-tracks-in-pullman-chicagolands-failed-capitalist-utopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood on the Tracks in Pullman: Chicagoland’s Failed Capitalist Utopia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the U.S. is so big.\u00a0 Big enough to give room to lunatic endeavors, hidden military bases, engineered towns, concentration camps, and George Pullman’s greed.\u00a0 I think his burial might be the most interesting part about it, though.<\/p>\n

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Blood on the Tracks in Pullman: Chicagoland’s Failed Capitalist Utopia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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George Pullman died on October 19, 1897. He was so despised his family became worried that his workers might dig him up. To make sure that no one would desecrate his remains, Pullman was buried much deeper than usual, encased in thick concrete and under large railroad ties. The burial reportedly took two full days.<\/p>\n

Upon learning of the rather elaborate burial procedure, journalist Ambrose Bierce was said to remark, “It is clear the family in their bereavement was making sure the sonofabitch wasn’t going to get up and come back.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that the U.S. is so big.\u00a0 Big enough to give room to lunatic endeavors, hidden military bases, engineered towns, concentration camps, and George Pullman’s greed.\u00a0 I think his burial might be the most interesting part about it, though. Blood on the Tracks in Pullman: Chicagoland’s Failed Capitalist Utopia. George Pullman… Continue reading Blood on the Tracks in Pullman: Chicagoland’s Failed Capitalist Utopia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[199],"class_list":["post-5565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-history"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4843,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/11\/28\/george-washington-october-3-1789-thanksgiving\/","url_meta":{"origin":5565,"position":0},"title":"George Washington, October 3, 1789, Thanksgiving","author":"leems","date":"November 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Thanksgiving has always felt important to me, though I could never really articulate why.\u00a0 It means more and more to me as I get older.\u00a0 It is like all harvest celebrations, where historically we have been grateful for food enough to live the winter.\u00a0 Our circumstances have changed for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1223,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2012\/04\/30\/email-from-my-sofa\/","url_meta":{"origin":5565,"position":1},"title":"Email from my sofa","author":"leems","date":"April 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"So...remember when I said I'd be updating all my comics (that's three + the drawing board, so four technically) once a week?\u00a0 I suppose you noticed that I failed big time on that goal this month.\u00a0 I have been away from my sofa, the place where I do all my\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10509,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2023\/03\/06\/the-prehistory-of-solar-panels\/","url_meta":{"origin":5565,"position":2},"title":"The prehistory of solar panels","author":"leems","date":"March 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"George Cove\u2019s third solar panel. 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