Fred Harvey Coffee and Flank Steak For this month’s Dining on the Rails, we thought we’d feature an often overlooked meal, at least according to Lucius Beebe—breakfast. We will share the Super Chief Cook Book’s Fred Harvey Coffee, the Harvey House Cookbook’s Flank...
Today for this episode of Small Wonders we will be talking about Harvey Houses, the Harvey Girls, and their legacy of settlement in the American West. But before we talk about the Harvey Girls, it’s important to first understand Fred Harvey. Join Colorado Railroad...
Happy December! For this month’s Dining on the Rails, we thought we’d feature Harvey Girl Pancakes as well as the history of the Harvey Girls. Fred Harvey, founder of the Harvey Houses, restaurants along the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe railroad, had high...
Join Colorado Railroad Museum Curator of Collections, Stephanie Gilmore to explore “Small Wonders” from the Museum’s collection as part of the new “Still Working On The Railroad” initiative. Each segment will focus on different items from the...
For this month’s posting, we are looking to the famous Fred Harvey Company, which was known for revamping the way people ate on the railroad. When it comes to the history of chain restaurants, if you ask the average American, “Who started the chain restaurant...