Check Out an Historic Harvey House and Hot Springs in Radium Springs
This Saturday, May 17th, beginning at 11 AM we will make a trip to Hacienda del Camino Real, once a Harvey House along the railway in Radium Springs. While there we will visit the famous Hot Springs there soon to be reopened. If you would like to carpool, meet at Chuck Heinrich Park, 11055 Loma Del Norte Drive in Northeast El Paso off of MLK Jr. Blvd. no later than 9:30 AM. We will take Anthony Gap Road to Anthony in order to avoid the traffic back-ups and construction along I-10 West in Northwest El Paso. You may have another was to go to Radium Springs out of NW El Paso. Our guide and host will be Juan Uribe.
Follow I-10 to I-25 in Las Cruces. Take Exit 19 off I-25 and follow map to 2200 County Road 2061.
“Entrepreneur Fred Harvey, dismayed by the often-crude facilities he had seen at railway stops, saw a business opportunity, Harvey struck a deal with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway to operate a system of eateries along its rail lines. His first depot restaurant opened in Topeka, Kansas, in 1876. Within two years, he’d opened his first hotel/restaurant in Florence, Kansas. The foundation for what would grow into a hospitality empire was laid. By 1891, 15 Harvey House restaurants were in operation. Harvey not only created America’s first restaurant chain, but he was also a pioneer of cultural tourism.
The waitresses? The famous Harvey Girls who defined hospitality and brought culture and etiquette to the wild west.
This Saturday, May 17th, beginning at 11 AM we will make a trip to Hacienda del Camino Real, once a Harvey House along the railway in Radium Springs. While there we will visit the famous Hot Springs there soon to be reopened. If you would like to carpool, meet at Chuck Heinrich Park, 11055 Loma Del Norte Drive in Northeast El Paso off of MLK Jr. Blvd. no later than 9:30 AM. We will take Anthony Gap Road to Anthony in order to avoid the traffic back-ups and construction along I-10 West in Northwest El Paso. Follow I-10 to I-25 in Las Cruces. Take Exit 19 off I-25 and follow map to 2200 County Road 2061. You may have another was to go to Radium Springs from NW El Paso. Our guide and host will be Juan Uribe.
Not part of this Saturday’s tour but certainly worth exploring are two other sites: Fort Selden Historic Site and the Leasburg Dam. “The fort was established in an effort to bring peace to the south-central region of New Mexico. Housing units of the U.S. Infantry and Cavalry, the intent was to protect settlers and travelers in the Mesilla Valley from desperados and Apache Indians. Several of the units stationed at the fort were black troopers, referred to as Buffalo Soldiers.” You can visit a monument to the Buffalo Soldiers at Concordia Cemetery in El Paso where as many as 40 Buffalo Solders are buried.
Leasburg Dam State Park features the Leasburg Dam constructed in 1908 to divert water from the Rio Grande into a system of canals for use by local farms. From about mid-March to mid-October the park is also a venue for fishing, canoeing, and kayaking in the Rio Grande.
The El Paso Preservation Alliance is doing a fund-raiser tour of homes in the Manhattan Heights neighborhood on Saturday, May 17, 1-5 PM. Doors open at 1pm: Sign-up HERE.
The El Paso Mission Trail Association, in collaboration with the Magoffin Home State Historic Site, is proud to present “Early Builders of Commerce and Community: Moritz Loewenstein and Judge Joseph Magoffin. The exhibit is on display now until August 28th at the Mission Valley Visitor’s Center, 9065 Alameda, El Paso, Texas 79907. Read about Judge Joseph Magoffin and Moritz Loewenstein.
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