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A new book telling the stories of the women who helped build the first transcontinental railroad is a fascinating insight into the lives of 19th-century American women.
Slaton Harvey House unveils restored railroad caboose
The Slaton Harvey House hosted a celebration to show off the recently restored interior of an early 1900s Caboose that will now be on display at the historic bed and breakfast, museum and venue in Slaton.
Donors Billy Watson and Rand & Georgette McPherson, along with representatives from the Community Foundation of West Texas and others, were among attendees at the event Friday morning at the Harvey House at 400 Railroad Ave.
The caboose had been used as an office at Watson Foods in Lubbock for many years, according to the Slaton Railroad Heritage Association.
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Frederick Henry Harvey was a born entrepreneur. However, unlike McDonalds Ray Kroc, most people don t know his name or his company s mission. The Fred Harvey Company predominantly set out to sell people good food.
When traveling by train for work in Missouri and Kansas during the 1860s, Harvey noticed just how
bad train food was. Having had experience both in food service and on trains, he set out to create a hospitality company that essentially became America s first chain restaurant and the epitome of service, according to Stephen Fried s
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Franciscan Brother Simeon Schwemberger began his passion for photography of the Four Corners region after his discovery of a surplus large-format 5×7 glass-plate camera at the St. Michaels Mission near Window Rock, Arizona, in 1901. His poignant 1908 photo of a public Jemez Pueblo ceremony in New Mexico reflects his sensitivity for the Native peoples he photographed.
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