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Slaton Harvey HouseBuilt in 1912 for the Fred Harvey Company, the Mission Revival Harvey House served Santa Fe Railway passengers and employees on the South Plains. The restored building is a strong railroad-history stop near Lubbock and a reminder that Harvey Houses helped shape travel culture across the Southwest.
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How Texans Traveled Before Highways: Stagecoach Inns, Wagon Roads and Harvey HousesUse Fanthorp Inn, Landmark Inn and the Slaton Harvey House to follow Texas travel from stage roads and wagon freight to the railroad networks that transformed distance, lodging and food on the road.
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Texas and World War II: Five Historic Places That Connect the State to a Global WarBattleship Texas, Eisenhower's Denison birthplace, the National Museum of the Pacific War, Harlingen's Iwo Jima monument and Slaton's Harvey House connect Texas to combat, command, memory and wartime mobility.