Author’s Note

The hotels named in this story are fictional, although they are written in the spirit of a Harvey establishment. While Fred Harvey and his sons eventually became famous for their hotels and restaurants and even guided tours that helped the West become a major destination for travelers, it was his eating houses along the Santa Fe Railway that started it all. Thanks to George H. Foster and Peter C. Weiglin, many of the recipes for the dishes made famous by the Harvey Company have been preserved in The Harvey House Cookbook (Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1992). With the publisher’s permission, here are three of those delicious recipes.