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American Indian Ethnography of the Golden Region Update 1
Indigenous Representation in Golden History American Indians have for thousands of years made and continue to call the Golden area home. Like many cultural institutions around the nation and the world, Golden History Museum & Park is beginning to reckon with its...
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Golden Museum gets a sweet treat
Grandson of Jolly Rancher founders donates trove of company artifacts January 8, 2021 By Paul Albani-Burgio, Golden Transcript Aside from cold cans of Coors and scores of brainy School of Mines grads, there is perhaps no Golden export more famous — or beloved — than...
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Legacy Collection Inventory Project
Overview Eighty-one years ago, Golden History Museum & Park began collecting artifacts, photographs, and archives to document and preserve Golden’s past. Today, the museum houses over 16,000 objects and is the largest, richest collection of Golden history....
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Bittersweet: Confronting the Complicated Past of the “Lazy Squaw Chocolate”
The words we choose to use say a lot about who we are, what we believe, and the time we live in. For words that are associated with race and gender, they can also become complicated and painful reminders of America’s difficult relationship between majority and...
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The backstory on Lazy Squaw Ranch
Bill and Dorothy Harmsen named their mountain retreat Lazy Squaw and used the name in some of their early candy marketing. Following is Dorothy's original article about the ranch which ran in the August 1964 issue of Sugar 'N Spice. THE LAZY SQUAW RANCH The Lazy Squaw...
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