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Turlington W. Harvey
Turlington W. Harvey was a Chicago buisnessman and a Christian leader. He founded Harvey, Illinois. Harvey attempted to build a Christian community twenty-one miles south of downtown Chicago. He purchased seven hundred acres of uninhabited land, and seen five thousand people go to this community in two years. Harvey, IL was known as "an earthly paradise which had never been defiled by painted windows and the music of gurgling bottles." He wrote the restrictive covenants that encumbered all land purchases in his town. Pullman, IL was larger and had better establishment then Harvey, IL.
Turlington W. Harvey was a Chicago buisnessman and a Christian leader. He founded Harvey, Illinois. Harvey attempted to build a Christian community twenty-one miles south of downtown Chicago. He purchased seven hundred acres of uninhabited land, and seen five thousand people go to this community in two years. Harvey, IL was known as "an earthly paradise which had never been defiled by painted windows and the music of gurgling bottles." He wrote the restrictive covenants that encumbered all land purchases in his town. Pullman, IL was larger and had better establishment then Harvey, IL.
