As travel returns, the open road has never been more inviting. Here\u2019s the story of Fred Harvey, who invented hospitality as we know it, and a tour through his America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Stephen Fried<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In May 1931, Will Rogers \u2014 the movie star and newspaper columnist and arguably the most famous person in America \u2014 decided to take his wife on a vacation for Mother\u2019s Day. Rogers was well known for his near obsession with flying and had just piloted himself on a cross-country tour to promote his new film, a homespun adaptation of Mark Twain\u2019s \u201cA Connecticut Yankee.\u201d But he and Betty, both 52, had decided to leave their kids at home and do a driving journey: a version of what had already become the quintessential American trip, which people called the \u201cSouthwest Detour.\u201d They would explore America\u2019s most recently added states, Arizona and New Mexico. More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Copyright \u00a9 2022 Deseret News Publishing Company. All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As travel returns, the open road has never been more inviting. Here\u2019s the story of Fred Harvey, who invented hospitality as we know it, and a tour through his America. By Stephen Fried In May 1931, Will Rogers \u2014 the movie star and newspaper columnist and arguably the most famous person in America \u2014 decided…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2693","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2694,"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2693\/revisions\/2694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wheelsmuseum.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}