Fred Harvey And The American West

Creator: Public Media Arts

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Pieces together the intricate and fascinating story of an American entreprenuer's rise to success during a period of great commercial instability. Tells of his dream of restaurants and hotels dotting the landscape along the train lines and his working relationship with the Santa Fe Railroad, whose ambition it was to become the most formidable rail company in the West. Covers such subjects as his Harvey Girls, his Harveycar motor cruises, and the facilities that Fred Harvey created that permitted vast numbers of people to experience the West in a safe and civil manner.