![]() ![]() ![]() They were to live in the Harvey House and to respect curfew. They became known as the Harvey Girls, the ladies who tamed the Wild West with fine china, good pie and exceptional service with complete propriety along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroads.Īs Harvey Girls, the young ladies were expected to follow a rigid code of conduct set by Fred Harvey himself. These ladies were not just ordinary waitresses. In the 1890’s, there were not a whole lot of respectable jobs for women in the West, so when Fred Harvey created his chain of fine dining restaurants, single women without an education or in need of earning their own way were given a chance to earn an honest wage without the speculation that they offered anything but food as a service. ![]() If you love a sweet romance with strong character growth from both the hero and heroine, you will love A Deep Divide! Since watching Judy Garland’s Harvey Girls movie for the first time as a very young girl, I have fallen in love with Harvey Girls stories, so when I heard that Kimberley Woodhouse was releasing a Harvey Girl story, I was over the moon excited, stalking my mailbox awaiting its arrival.Ī Deep Divide follows a gutsy heroine with a troubling past who treasures her freedom over wealth, so much so that she has kept herself from opening her heart to anyone, even friends. ![]()
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