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Lambert, John Gaw Meems, Robert
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of Las Cruces Log Cabin Museum,
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Kit
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Historical
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Mexico Farm & Ranch
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Mill Museum,
Palace of the Governors,
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National Historical Park,
Raton
Museum,
Roosevelt
County Museum,
Silver
City Museum,
Tucumcari
Historical Museum
Harvey House Museum
The Valencia County Historical Society's Harvey House Museum is located
in the Harvey House Dining Room circa 1908 - 1939. The Building is
listed on the National Register and is available for tours.
At the age of 15, Fred Harvey left his native England for the United States. Upon his arrival in New York City, Mr. Harvey began working in the restaurant business in New York. The Civil War was bad for restaurants, but good for the railroads, and Mr. Harvey made a career change. Over the next 20 years, Mr. Harvey moved ever westward and ever higher in railroad business, but never forgot the restaurant business. Travelling for the railroads over the time reinforced Mr. Harvey's view that improvement was needed in the food department.
Upon arrival in Kansas in 1870, Mr. Harvey met Charlie Morse, President of the fledgling Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway. For the next near century, Fred Harvey's company would bring good food at reasonable prices in clean, elegant restaurants, to the travelling public throughout the Southwest. They also brought civilizaton, community, and industry to the Wild West.
Only 15 years later, there were 17 Harvey Houses; at their peak, there were 84! Thirteen of these were in New Mexico.
Collections
Santa Fe Railroad & Fred Harvey Collection
The collection is housed
in a building built under the auspices of the Santa Fe Railway in 1901
and included on both the State and National Registers. Part of the Museum's
holdings include items related to the Santa Fe Railroad (including pictures
and brochures) and to the Fred Harvey Organization (including lamps,
dishes, and menus).
Valencia County & John Becker Collection
John Becker was a German immigrant who settled in Belen, where he was
a leading citizen for 40 years. This collection features items associated
with John Becker and with the history of Valencia County.
Harvey House Museum
104 North First Street
Belen, New Mexico 87002
Phone (505) 861-0581
www.nmculturaltreasures.org/cgi-bin/instview.cgi?_recordnum=HARV
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