1927 Fred Harvey Indian Detour Harveycars Brochure

Rare & Complete 1927 Fred Harvey Indian-detour Santa Fe Harveycars brochure

First of all, in 1926, Santa Fe and Fred Harvey begins operating road trips. Most importantly, these trips are from New Mexico and Arizona stations along the Santa Fe line. Additionally, Fred Harvey tours visits national parks such as Carlsbad Caverns and Grand Canyon. Most notably, many of these tours focus on Native American pueblos, villages, and abandon villages. As a result, these tours are “Indian Detours.” Hence, the tour’s guides are “Harvey couriers.”  Finally, these guides are typically college degree women.  Most noteworthy, the Fred Harvey Indian Detour Santa Fe Harveycars brochure, with pictures, is below. 

Especially relevant, these tours, “Indian Detours and Off the Beaten Path,” are chauffeur motor car tours. Therefore, the guides carry people away from the familiarity of the train into remote places in New Mexico and Arizona. Additionally, these trips are available as side trips on the major routes. Therefore, these routes spread from the Midwest to southern California. Most noteworthy, tourists are “detourists” and “dudes.”  Consequently, the adventurist tourists meet at the railroad stations with women in Southwestern attire. Furthermore, they accompany a cowboy driven Harvey car.  As a result, destinations such as the Grand Canyon, the Petrified Forest, the Painted Desert. Similarly, other American Indian lands are open for exploration by adventurers. Most notably, these tourist tour within the comfort of the Harveycar.

  • In conclusion, the Indian Detour is “a glorious three-day motor outing through the heart of the Indo-Spanish Southwest, under ideal conditions and as part of the transcontinental rail journey.”

  • Most importantly, to view the type of jewelry the tourist buy on these tours, click HERE ⇐.

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First of all, here is the cover of the Indian-Detour brochure.

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Secondly, here are classic photographs of the Indian-Detours Harveycars.

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Thirdly, here is a thorough explanation of the Indian-Detours.

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Most importantly, this brochure lets you feel like you are on the tour!

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Additionally, this brochure gives you a day by day itinerary of what the tourists would see!

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Again, more fabulous photographs of scenic places and nostalgic automobiles!

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Indian Detour Sign (ca. 1929) at La Fonda
Consequently, here is Dwight of Fred Harvey Jewelry at La Fonda in Santa Fe, New Mexico next to the original Indian Detour Motor Cruises Sign.
Indian Detour Sign (ca. 1929) at La Fonda
Finally, here is an accompanying plaque with details about the Fred Harvey Sign inside La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

 

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