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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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