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John H. Barker Mansion : ウィキペディア英語版 | John H. Barker Mansion
In 1836, at the age of 22, John Barker Sr. arrived in Indiana looking for new business opportunities. He had come from Andover, Massachusetts. He began as a general merchant, expanded into grain brokerage, before opening a commission house to receive and forward merchandise from ships on the lakes. During this time, he married and raised a family. Two children survived him, daughter, Anna, and son, John H. Barker.〔(LaPorte County Network-Barker Mansion )〕 He saw the potential of the railroads, he bought an interest in the manufacture of freight cars. Shortly after his purchase in 1855; the company was renamed Haskell & Barker Car Co. The onset of the American Civil War helped the business prosper through government contracts. As the Car Company prospered, Michigan City prospered. When he retired in 1869, his son, left Chicago, to return as the general manager of the company. By 1910, the Car Company was propersing such that John H. was worth an estimated fifty to sixty million dollars. In 1922 "Haskell & Barker" merged with the Pullman Company, and is now known as Pullman-Standard, a division of Pullman, Inc.〔
File:Barker Mansion P7190108.jpg|South facade File:Barker Mansion P7190112.jpg|Crest over front door
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