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Omaha Steve

(99,660 posts) Sun Nov 22, 2015, 05:10 PM Nov 2015

Slaughterhouse: Chicago’s Union Stockyard and the World It Made

http://wgnradio.com/2015/11/22/slaughterhouse-chicagos-union-stockyard-and-the-world-it-made/

Dave talks with author Dominic Pacyga about his new book marking the 150th anniversary of the opening of the stockyards: Slaughterhouse: Chicago’s Union Stockyards and the World it Made.

Audio at link.

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Slaughterhouse: Chicago’s Union Stockyard and the World It Made (Original Post) Omaha Steve Nov 2015 OP

My grandfather jehop61 Nov 2015 #1

jehop61

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1. My grandfather

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Sun Nov 22, 2015, 05:35 PM

Nov 2015

came from Ireland to find work there. My mother and I grew up downwind from there. Phew! But it provided thousands of jobs to thousands of good, hardworking people. Thank you for the memory.

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