Kenneth J Schoon
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Arcadia Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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George Pullman's legacy lies in the town that bears his name. As one of the first thoroughly planned model industrial communities, it was designed to give the comforts of a permanent home to the employees who built America's most elegant form of overnight railroad travel. But the town was more than just a residential wing of sleeper car manufacturing; its 1894 railroad strike led to the national Labor Day holiday. In the early twentieth century,...
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Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The towering sand dunes along Lake Michigan are one of the most unexpected natural features of Indiana. This book brings to life the remarkable story of this extraordinary place: the wide diversity of plant and animal species; and the long history of competition for the land among farmers, fur traders, industrialists, conservationists, and urban and recreational planners
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English
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The location of one of the most diverse national parks in the United States, Northwest Indiana's Calumet area is home to what was at one time widely known as the most polluted river in the entire country. Calumet's advantageous location at the southern tip of Lake Michigan encouraged broadscale conversion of Indiana wilderness into an industrial base that once included the world's largest steel mill, largest cement works, and largest oil refinery....
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English
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The towering sand dunes along Lake Michigan not far from Chicago are one of the most unexpected natural features of Indiana. Dreams of Duneland is a beautifully illustrated introduction to the Dunes region, its history, and future prospects. This area of shifting sands is also a place of savanna, wetland, prairie, and forest that is home to a wide diversity of plant and animal species. The preserved area of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore sits...