Nobody Asked Me, But…. No. 257: Hotel History: El Tovar & Hopi Gift Shop

Stanley Turkel | November 16, 2021

by Stanley Turkel, CMHS Hotel History: El Tovar Hotel (95 rooms) and The Hopi House Gift Shop One hundred and sixteen years ago, two architectural jewels opened in the Grand Canyon National Park: the 95-room El Tovar Hotel and the adjacent Hopi House Gift Shop. Both reflected the foresight and entrepreneurship of Frederick Henry Harvey whose business ventures included restaurants, hotels, railroad dining cars, gift shops and newsstands. His partnership with the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe Railway introduced many new tourists to the American Southwest by making rail travel and dining comfortable and adventurous. Employing many Native-A...