Please join us in Santa Fe and Las Vegas, NM for the eighth annual Fred Harvey History Weekend, celebrating the living history of Fred Harvey, the Harvey Girls, Mary Colter, the ATSF railroad and their way of allowing us to explore the cultural legacies of the Great Southwest.
There will be talks from 1-5 PM on Friday (11/2) and Saturday (11/3) at the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe. And presentations on Sunday 11/4 at the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, NM–along with a massive model train display. All talks are free and open to the public.
On Saturday night, we’ll have the Second Annual Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner at La Fonda Hotel, for which stop Santa Fe chefs will recreate (or reinvent) classic dishes originally created for Fred Harvey trackside restaurants and hotels, and ATSF dining cars. The dinner is a benefit for the New Mexico History Museum, to support its Southwest History programming (like this weekend.)
Tickets for the dinner are $150 and going fast.
For tickets: https://tickets.ticketssantafe.org/single/EventDetail.aspx?p=5558
For more information about the dinner: https://www.facebook.com/events/1894554894182405/
On Sunday, we all head to Las Vegas, NM. In the morning, you can schedule guided Harvey Girl tours of the Montezuma Hotel and the almost-completed renovation of The Castaneda, the landmark hotel which was the first of the great Harvey trackside resorts. To make tour reservations with Southwest Detours: http://www.southwestdetours.com/
At lunchtime, there will be a Fred Harvey Brunch by Matt DiGregory and the cooks at the Range Cafe at the Plaza. For reservations, call 505.425.3591
A full listing of all the speakers and the subjects of their talks will soon be posted here, and on the New Mexico History Museum site.
As always, Fred Harvey Weekend is brought to you by the New Mexico History Museum and La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe, and the Hotel Castaneda and Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas!