All Aboard for Santa Fe: Railway Promotion of the Southwest, 1890s to 1930s

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By the late 1800s, the major mode of transportation for travelers to the Southwest was by rail. In 1878, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) became the first railroad to enter New Mexico, and by the late 1890s it controlled more than half of the track-miles in the Territory. The company wielded tremendous power in New Mexico, and soon made tourism an important facet of its financial enterprise. All Aboard for Santa Fe focuses on the AT&SFs marketing efforts to highlight Santa Fe as an ideal tourism destination. The company marketed the healthful benefits of the areas dry desert air, a strong selling point for eastern city-dwelling tuberculosis sufferers. AT&SF also joined forces with the Fred Harvey Company, owner of numerous hotels and restaurants along the rail line, to promote Santa Fe. Together, they developed materials emphasizing Santa Fes Indian and Hispanic cultures, promoting artists from the areas art colonies, and created the Indian Detours sightseeing tours.

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Weight 0.6 lbs
Dimensions 8.94 × 6.3 × 0.49 in
type-of-book

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