Very sad news for Fred Harvey fans who have had the chance to visit his hometown of Leavenworth. Joanie Kocab, the 29-year-old former curator of the Leavenworth County Historical Society (who helped me a lot with pictures for the book) was killed New Year’s Eve outside of Aspen, where she had just recently moved. May her memory ever be for a blessing.

Here’s the story in the Aspen paper, details still seem sketchy.

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