One thing I forgot to mention about Waynoka’s Harvey House museum. They recreated a table setting from their Harvey restaurant in such amazing detail that you can actually have your picture taken sitting on an authentic Harvey chair, at a table with authentic place settings (someone gave them a hundred settings of one of the Harvey china patterns), and behind you is a full-wall photo reproduction of one of the original walls of their Harvey house, so you can see all the stenciling.

It’s quite an ingenious little bit of museumery, and allows one to be photographed sitting down to a Harvey table. I expect this to become a photo that every Fredhead will want taken for their collection.

Here’s my Harvey tourist photo, with historical society director Sandie Olson. If my hair looks a little windblown, it’s because I had just come back from my dune-buggy ride through Little Sahara State Park. (Hope I didn’t get any sand on the table–don’t want the ghost of Fred to come back and yank the tablecloth.)

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