Arizona based entrepreneur Allan Affeldt has successfully proven more than once that he can purchase old, abandoned railroad buildings along Route 66 that has had the Fred Harvey footprint and converted them into historically beautiful hotels in the southwest.

La Posada

Winslow, Arizona

La Castanada

Las Vegas, New Mexico

Allan Affeldt with wife and artist, Tina Mion

TINA MION

American Contemporary Artist Tina Mion

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

A talk with Katie Miller, great, great, great granddaughter of Fred Harvey

KATIE MILLER

• Biggest discoveries of being related to Fred Harvey
• Filling in the missing pieces through family members

ALLAN AFFELDT

• Earliest memories of Route 66
• College Student – Leading Social Justice Movement
• First Vision of abandoned La Posada Hotel
• History of La Posada
• Hidden gems discovered while renovating La Posada
• Reaction from family and friends upon purchasing abandoned hotel
• The Turquoise Room – Recreating a Fred Harvey Dining Experience
• The work of Tina Mion – wife and American contemporary artist
• Importance of Mary Colter at La Posada and Fred Harvey Company
• The lure of Las Vegas, New Mexico
• Restoring La Castanada
• Rebuilding historic buildings versus starting from scratch
• Using local craftsmen to recreate the past

LISTENER FEEDBACK

Route 66 Fan Spencer Danley with his 1974 VW Super Beetle

Stefan Koch – Route 66 Fan (Cellist and Richard Stohr Interview)