When most Chicagoans think of Pullman, they probably think of the South Side. When they think of sandy dunes, they might think of the Indiana Dunes. These places in two states are not often linked, but they are part of one distinct area — the Calumet region.
WBEZ’s Michael Puente spoke with Alfonzo Quiroz, who worked in the area, Mark Bouman, the Field Museum’s Chicago region program director, and Janet Hong, senior project manager at the museum, for this report on “Calumet Voices, National Stories” — a new exhibition at the museum on the Calumet region, its culture and heritage.
