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HistoryA legacy of the 19th century Fred Harvey Company, after the death of the founder's grandson in 1965, the company became affiliated with Chicago-based JMB Realty, which acquired large Hawaii landholder Amfac in 1968 and broke it up into independent corporations including Amfac Resorts. In 1995, Amfac bought the large national parks management concession TW Recreational Services from Flagstar.[2][3] In 2002, Amfac changed its corporate name to Xanterra after the bankruptcy of Amfac Hawaii.[4] The name comes from a combination of Xanadu and terra (Earth).[5] The Anschutz Company bought Xanterra from JMB in 2008.[6] Xanterra specializes in tourism in U.S. National Parks, and has a presence in Yellowstone and Grand Canyon, and a number of other national and state parks. They are contracted by the US National Park Service to provide lodging and services in these parks. Accommodations and pricing vary widely and include quality hotel rooms, lodges, rustic cabins, motel-style lodging and camping. The most notable of the original Harvey operations is the Grand Canyon South Rim concession, including the El Tovar Hotel. Glacier National Park controversyIn March 2013, Anshutz Exploration Corp. announced that it would cease drilling on the Blackfeet Reservation.[7] Five months later, Xanterra was awarded an important concessions contract in Glacier National Park. On August 13, 2013, the National Park Service announced that a 16-year contract would be issued to Xanterra despite the fact that the energy division had been fracking on lands adjacent to the eastern boundary of the park. Members of the Blackfeet Nation had been protesting the destruction of tribal lands for several years.[8] Tourist RailwaysXanterra operates the Grand Canyon Railway in Arizona on the line originally built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Since their takeover of the operation, the line has retired its steam locomotives and historic ALCO FA diesels, though the steam engines, modified to run on waste vegetable oil, are still used on special occasions.[9] In May 2010, Xanterra announced the American Railway Explorer "cruise train" which was to operate multi-day tours in four regions: Southwest (between California and New Mexico), Northwest (between California and Jackson, Wyoming with stops in several national parks), Transcontinental (between Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.) and West Coast (between northern and southern California). However, plans for the train were cancelled in August 2010.[10][11] References1. ^{{cite news| url=http://williamsnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=7837| title=New ownership for Xanterra, GC Railway| work=Williams News| date=2008-06-24| first=Whitehurst| last=Patrick| accessdate=2008-06-25| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718052318/http://williamsnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=7837| archive-date=2011-07-18| dead-url=yes| df=}} 2. ^Fred Harvey - Civilizer of the West - Territorial Times - Williams, Arizona - No. 1 Vol. XXIII 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n29_v29/ai_17352992 |title=Flagstar to sell TW Recreational Services to Amfac |work=Nation's Restaurant News |date=July 24, 1995 |publisher=Findarticles.com |accessdate=2011-06-06}} 4. ^Resort Operator Amfac Changes Name to Xanterra Parks & Resorts - Hotel Online - April 5, 2002 5. ^Xanterra:Grand Canyon Railway's New ownership - Territorial Times - Williams, Arizona - No. 1 Vol. XXIII 6. ^Anschutz to acquire operator of parks The Denver Post. 7. ^http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1470 8. ^http://missoulian.com/news/local/glacier-park-awards-new-concession-contract-to-xanterra/article_f4247216-0466-11e3-b0ea-001a4bcf887a.html 9. ^http://www.thetrain.com/special-events/steam/ 10. ^{{cite web | last = Woollard | first = Deidre | title = American Railway Explorer Ceases Plans For Luxury Trains | publisher = Luxist | date = Aug 5, 2010 | url = http://www.luxist.com/2010/08/05/american-railway-explorer-ceases-plans-for-luxury-trains/ | accessdate = 2010-09-15}} 11. ^{{cite news | last = Repanshek | first = Kurt | authorlink = | title = Alas, the Luxury Train Tour of Western National Parks Won't Even Leave the Station | work = National Parks Traveler | date = 2010-08-08 | url = http://elitechoice.org/2010/08/09/the-american-railway-explorer-derailed-due-to-high-pricing/ | accessdate = 2010-09-15}} External links
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