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To: JoanVarga
Assuming it was named for a former Governor:

John Peter Altgeld (December 30, 1847 - March 12, 1902) was the governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1893 until 1897. He was the first Democratic governor of that state since the 1850s. A leading figure of the Progressive Era movement, Altgeld improved workplace safety and child labor laws, pardoned three of the men convicted of the Haymarket Riot, and, for a time, resisted calls to break up the Pullman strike with force.

Altgeld Gardens is close to the Pullman neighborhood.

39 posted on 02/21/2008 7:37:14 AM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (McCain '08)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

Thanks. But what fun is that?!

:o)


43 posted on 02/21/2008 7:45:38 AM PST by JoanVarga ("¿Por qué no te calles?")
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