Posted by oleclint on February 17, 2015 at 18:45:44 from (158.222.78.242):
In Reply to: Chicago Stockyards posted by gab on February 17, 2015 at 09:23:25:
This brought back lots of memories.Growing up , we lived only 40 miles from " The Yards" and Dad was a cattle feeder. So I got there many times. I remember the " Stone Gate " where the truckers had to stop and go in and leave some info about where the cattle were to be unloaded. The Exchange building was a very busy, interesting place every weekday morning. It smelled terriable, just like all the rest of the Yards, Pee Uuu. It was fun to go up on the roof , just to look at the whole place, never got caught! Swift and Co. had a huge , multi storied building rite along the west side of the Yards so the cattle they bought could be drove rite to the slaughter house. Dad and I toured that place one time, will never forget how they killed the cattle, Never could do it like that today! A few yrs latter when living 120 miles from Chicago, I rode in with a friendly truck driver many times. We would leave in the late afternoon and get home before daylite, depending on how long a wait to get unloaded at the yards. On one trip there " run" of cattle for a Monday morning of about 27,000 head. That nite was a exprience. We sat out on Halstead St. for hours , waiting to get into to unload. What a nitemare !.clint
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