The large and "grand" Harvey House Escalante Hotel and restaurant were part of the station complex.

[1] Service to Ash Fork began in the early 1880s when the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad (predecessor of the Santa Fe) built through town, then in the Arizona Territory.

[3]: 16  The structure was one of the first built by the railroad and became too small to handle the number of passengers at Ash Fork.

[6] Ash Fork was a restaurant stop Harvey House, all passenger trains stopped so travelers could eat in the Escalante Dining Room or at the Lunch Counter, and shop in the Escalante's Indian Gift Shop.

[4] The final regular passenger service to Ash Fork ended in April 1969, when train number 42, the Hassayampa Flyer, was discontinued.