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Back of the Yards
The Back of the Yards neighborhood, located in back of the Union Stockyards and composed of Packingtown, Town of Lake, and New City, was the setting of Upton Sinclair�s classic 1906 novel, The Jungle. Permeated by an unforgettable smell, Back of the Yards was a melting pot of immigrants, many who worked in the stockyards. In 1894, Mary McDowell started the University of Chicago Settlement House in Back of the Yards. She improved living conditions and in 1905 helped create Davis Square Park. The Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council was founded in 1939 by Joseph Meegan, Saul Alinsky, and Bishop Bernard Sheil and is America�s oldest notforprofit communitybased organization. It consisted of 185 delegate organizations involving residents, business owners, churches, parks, schools, and social clubs that worked to advocate improvements. The council motto continues on as �We the people will work out our own destiny.� Relive the bustling activity and the lives of the people in the neighborhood through the historic images in Back of the Yards.
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Back of the Yards
The Back of the Yards neighborhood, located in back of the Union Stockyards and composed of Packingtown, Town of Lake, and New City, was the setting of Upton Sinclair�s classic 1906 novel, The Jungle. Permeated by an unforgettable smell, Back of the Yards was a melting pot of immigrants, many who worked in the stockyards. In 1894, Mary McDowell started the University of Chicago Settlement House in Back of the Yards. She improved living conditions and in 1905 helped create Davis Square Park. The Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council was founded in 1939 by Joseph Meegan, Saul Alinsky, and Bishop Bernard Sheil and is America�s oldest notforprofit communitybased organization. It consisted of 185 delegate organizations involving residents, business owners, churches, parks, schools, and social clubs that worked to advocate improvements. The council motto continues on as �We the people will work out our own destiny.� Relive the bustling activity and the lives of the people in the neighborhood through the historic images in Back of the Yards.
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Back of the Yards

Back of the Yards

by Jeannette Swist
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Back of the Yards

Back of the Yards

by Jeannette Swist

Overview

The Back of the Yards neighborhood, located in back of the Union Stockyards and composed of Packingtown, Town of Lake, and New City, was the setting of Upton Sinclair�s classic 1906 novel, The Jungle. Permeated by an unforgettable smell, Back of the Yards was a melting pot of immigrants, many who worked in the stockyards. In 1894, Mary McDowell started the University of Chicago Settlement House in Back of the Yards. She improved living conditions and in 1905 helped create Davis Square Park. The Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council was founded in 1939 by Joseph Meegan, Saul Alinsky, and Bishop Bernard Sheil and is America�s oldest notforprofit communitybased organization. It consisted of 185 delegate organizations involving residents, business owners, churches, parks, schools, and social clubs that worked to advocate improvements. The council motto continues on as �We the people will work out our own destiny.� Relive the bustling activity and the lives of the people in the neighborhood through the historic images in Back of the Yards.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781439618707
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 05/30/2007
Series: Images of America Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
File size: 50 MB
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About the Author

Jeannette Swist is the founder and principal of Applied Resource Management with over 20 years of experience in management, human resources, adult learning, and organizational behavior/development. Swist�s Lithuanian ancestors immigrated to Back of the Yards before 1910.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments     6
Introduction     7
People, Families, Events, and Establishments     9
Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council     63
Shop in Back of the Yards     73
Stockyards     87
Churches     93
Neighborhood Residences     103
Chicago's Free Fair     113
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