Please do not forget that everything is due on the last day of class: Mar, $13$ at $11$:$59$pm$.$ Nothing will be accepted after this date and time. Please plan accordingly.

This week marks the last week in the term for the tourism course. The only assignment that is due this week is the final project covering the questions for the book Appetite for America. Please note that cursory answers to any of the questions will result in very few points so be sure to be mindful of the grading expectations that have been used to grade the discussion and drop box assignments. Besides, the book is an excellent account of the way the west was opened to tourism thanks to the railroad companies and the Fred Harvey chain working together so well worth reading for personal knowledge of American history and the essence of this course.

Project Questions for APPETITE FOR AMERICA

Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West$-$One Meal at a Time by Stephen Fried

Stephen Fried$$s book on the growth of the Fred Harvey Chain is an excellent read on the true pioneer of the American hospitality industry and it central relationship to the tourism industry. The author went to great lengths to catalogue the growth of the Fred Harvey business empire and along with it the way in which hospitality and tourism grew westward from Chicago. This book is highly acclaimed and was awarded one of the $10$ best books reviewed by the Wall Street Journal in $2010,$ which is impressive since there is a book review in each issue. For those who may become fascinated with the story of Fred Harvey and want to learn more, you can still ride the Southwest Chief line on Amtrak out of Chicago and take it all the way to the California coast and relive the history you are about to read for this class project.

Instructions: The following questions are to be answered for this project keeping in mind the grading expectations for discussion and drop box questions. Please note that it will not be possible to skim along and find the answers to the questions; you will need to sit down and read the book from beginning to end. While reading the book you might want to note page numbers where information was found pertaining to each of the questions and then go back and formulate your answers. There are no questions below where the answer can be found on a single page so making notes will be critical as you read the book to be able to formulate answers that will warrant a passing grade on this project. One further note $$ any answer that does not include the page numbers where the information was found to satisfy the question will get no credit whatsoever to make it possible for the instructor to properly grade the project.

Who was Fred Harvey and why was he so important to hospitality and tourism history?

Why did Western railroad passengers eat a trackside restaurants rather than in dining cars?

How and why did Fred Harvey create the first national chain of restaurants $($and later hotels$)?$

How and why were the famous Harvey Girls invented?

How did Fred Harvey assure that his name and his standards would live on after his death?

Why did the Fred Harvey Company later go into the dining car business$--$and compete against itself by still running trackside restaurants?

How and why did Fred Harvey and the Santa Fe Railroad turn New Mexico and Arizona into major international tourist attractions?

How and why did Fred Harvey's heir Ford go into business with Native American artisans?

What role did the Fred Harvey operation at the Grand Canyon play in the development of western tourism and the national parks?

What early restaurant and hotel chains were influenced by Fred Harvey?

How did faster trains affect the Fred Harvey Company$--$and the tourism industry?

How did the rise of the automobile affect the Fred Harvey Company$--$and the tourism industry?

What role did the Fred Harvey Indian Detours play in the development of Santa Fe as one of the nation's top tourist attractions?

How did the rise of passenger airplanes affect the Fred Harvey Company$--$and the tourism industry?

How did the Great Depression affect the Fred Harvey Company$--$and the tourism industry?

Why did the Fred Harvey Company get out of the airline business, after pioneering in$-$plane dining?

What lessons can tourism executives today learn from the Fred Harvey Company?

What are three things this book has taught you to be a more effective manager in today$$s hospitality and tourism industry?