The Santa Fe Line and the famous Fred Harvey restaurants forever changed New Mexico and the Southwest, bringing commerce, culture and opportunity to a desolate frontier. The first Harvey Girls ever hired staffed the Raton location. In a departure from the
Rosa Walston Latimer is a writer, independent bookstore owner, playwright and award-winning photographer. Inspired by her Harvey Girl grandmother, this is Latimer's second book on the Harvey legacy, following Harvey Houses of Texas. Her research has also appeared in "Texas Highways," and a staged play based on her grandmother's chance encounter at a Harvey House with the man she would one day marry. Latimer is currently writing a play titled "Rosie the Riveters" and a third Harvey House book.