Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Back of the Yards is an industrial and residential neighborhood so named because it was near the former Union Stock Yards, which employed thousands of European immigrants in the early 20th century. Life in this neighborhood was explored in Upton Sinclair 's 1906 novel The Jungle .
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was operated by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a centralized processing area.
Although the Union Stockyards, a major employer in the area, closed in the early 1970s and some Polish immigrants subsequently left Back of the Yards, St. Joseph's still celebrates mass in Polish. [2] In 1990, St. Joseph was one of four Back of the Yards parishes to survive diocesan budget cuts.
Holy Cross was founded in 1904 as a "national parish" for Lithuanians in Chicago living in the Back of the Yards area, most of whom were employed at the nearby Union Stock Yards. [7] By 1909, Skyrpko, referred to as "Skripka", was being assisted by Reverend Ezerskis. [3] On October 26, 1913, Quigley laid the new church's cornerstone. [6]
Back of the Yards College Prep's initial construction began on 4 October 2010. [2] Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley and Alderman George Cardenas attended the school's ceremonial groundbreaking the following spring, on 26 April 2011, and actual construction of the school structure was scheduled to begin that summer. [3]
Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb has had another major injury setback. The 28-year-old, who has had a tricky injury history, was ruled out of Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs ...
The locale was the "back of the yards” —- the Union Stock Yards. There, McDowell and 26 other residents conducted civic work, in which they were assisted by students, alumni, and members of the school faculties. These and all members of the university supported the settlement children's yell:— "One, two, three! Who are we?
Friday is the 10th anniversary of Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon's record-setting 408 rushing yards as the Badgers beat Nebraska 59-24 on Nov. 14, 2014, at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison ...