Hands down, the worst restaurant meal I’ve ever been served was at El Tovar, the resort at the Grand Canyon. I was disappointed, because the El Tovar is, of course, a Fred Harvey resort. Or at least ...

Juliette Fay talks about her novel "The Harvey Girls," based on the real life history of the so-called Harvey Girls, women who worked for the company begun by Fred Harvey in the late 19th century. (A ...

Visionary businessman Fred Harvey has been credited with many things — from the invention of chain restaurants, to romanticizing train travel, to providing opportunity for the first significant female ...

Part One: Fred discovers America (and vice versa), 1853-1901 -- Pot Walloper -- The last train stop in America --- A gentleman among the Bleeding Kansans -- Railroad warrior -- Opportunistic sponge -- ...

The name Fred Harvey might not hold the same weight these days as say, Rachael Ray or even Bob Evans. But during the late 1800s, Harvey’s name was synonymous with culinary excellence. Operator of the ...

Fred Harvey has always been a sprints/hurdles coach but after 37 years at Arizona, he really didn’t have a marquee men’s sprinter to embrace. Finally, Friday evening at the NCAA championships in ...

NMAI copy purchased with funds from the Lloyd and Charlotte Wineland Library Endowment for Native American and Western Exploration Literature. Prologue / Marta Weigle -- Settling the Grand Canyon -- ...

An except from Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time (Bantam) by Stephen Fried The glistening, modern, all-steel Santa Fe Super Chief--the ...