If you have connections to the Fred Harvey Co. and/or are interested in Southwest history, you may be interested in two upcoming events. *** Fred Harvey Employees and Descendants to Meet at Arizona Railway Museum Arizona Railway Museum and Phoenix Museum of History Cosponsor Lecture Series A search is on to locate “Harvey Girls” (and other employees) who worked for the Fred Harvey Company (1880 - 1945). More than 100,000 women worked at Fred Harvey establishments along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Many Harvey Girls married railroad men and settled in Arizona. Employees and descendants are invited to share family stories and display memorabilia at a gathering on a vintage passenger car at the Arizona Railway Museum in Chandler (Chandler Blvd. and Delaware St.), on Sat., Feb. 3, 2001 at 1 p.m. A free lecture series on the Santa Fe Railway, the Fred Harvey Co., and Native American art and culture will be held on Thurs., Apr. 19 and Sat., Apr. 21, 2001 at the Phoenix Museum of History (5th St. and Monroe St.). The series is cosponsored by the Phoenix Museum of History and Arizona Railway Museum. Guest speakers include: -Marshall Trimble (Official Arizona State Historian) -Raymond Verr (Harvey Girls Historian/Collector) -Pete Kaczmarowski (Rail Historian) -Diane Thomas (Author, The Southwestern Indian Detours) -George Foster (Transportation Historian/Author, The Harvey House Cookbook) -Buddy Gatewood and Steve Conder (Kachina Carvers) -Ferron McGee (Owner, Pinon Trading Post, Joseph City, AZ) For information or to RSVP, call Linda Swain at (480) 893-0469.