Harvey Houses of Kansas

Download or read book Harvey Houses of Kansas written by Rosa Walston Latimer and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting in Kansas, Fred Harvey's iconic Harvey Hous was the first to set the standard for fine dining and hospitality across the rugged Southwest. In 1876, the first of Harvey's depot restaurants opened in Topeka, followed just a few years later by the first combination hotel and restaurant in Florence. Fred Harvey and the Harvey Girls introduced good fod and manners to the land of Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp and raucous cattle drives. In her third bbook on the Harvey House legacy, author Rosa Walston Latimer goes back to where it all began in this history of hospitality from the Sunflower State.