Harvey Girls of El Paso
August 1, 2010
2:00 pm Location: El Paso Public Library, 501 N. Oregon (auditorium) A program on the history & traditions of the Harvey House System in the Southwest. The Santa Fe Railroad changed train travel across the West in the 1880s. Thousands of young women from the East took jobs in Western railroad towns and became known as the "Harvey Girls."
The program includes clips of the 1946 film "The Harvey Girls," starring Judy Garland and Angela Lansbury.
The El Paso Union Stationed opened its own Harvey House in 1906 and it operated for over 50 years. Anyone with informatino about the El Paso Harvey Girls is invited to attend and share their stories.
Presentations by Deen Underwood (historian), Carolyn Buchanan (EPCC Culinary History instructor), Patricia Kiddney (historian, expert on Victorian social traditions), Prince McKenzie (curator & director of the Railroad & Transportation Museum of El Paso). Samples of Harvey House recipes will be available. |
