The Harvey Girls: Women Who Opened the West

A fact most significant to the history of the West is that approximately 100,000 girls signed up to work for Fred Harvey from 1901 to about 1944. It's estimated that half or more of the women married and stayed west to raise their families. There are probably many Panhandle residents who are descendants of the hard-working, independent Harvey Girls.  by Lesley Poling-Kempes, softcover, 320 pages