EL TOVAR, GRAND CANYON, ARIZONA 
FRED HARVEY 
May 8th, 1909. 
My dear Kate: 
I reached this charming place yesterday noon and 
have had one day of interesting exploration of the rim 
of the Grand Canon. It is a grand and astonishing 
affair and I wish you could he here to see it and to stay 
a week or two. The hotel is tastefully placed and 
"built, and no better accommodations can he found anywhere. 
Today I shall spend with a party of Santa Fe Rail- 
road Officials and Forest Service Agents in looking after 
a proper location for the Powell monument . Tonight I 
am off for Los Angeles, about 24 hours journey. 
As grand as all this is I would rather he with you 
on the little farm and I shall hurry hack as soon as my 
duties will permit. 
I had some of the Survey folks with me on the way 
out and find plenty of friends here. Lined last night 
with Harvey, proprietor of this plant and of the great 
system of restaurants of the Santa Fe, and with seven 
others. 
Hope you are well and well settled in Holmescrof t . 
