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Black
American West Museum...
The Black American West Museum & Heritage Center's
mission and goals are the interpreting, collecting, housing, displaying,exhibiting,
and preserving of histrical artifacts, documents and other memorabilia
which tell the history and relate the stories of Black men and women
who helped settle and develop the great American West. This approach
allows visual artistic inculcation of the rich and colorful contributions
of Black pioneers in the western United States. We tell it like
it was!
Little Known Facts:
- Nearly a third of cowboys in the building
of the American West were black.
- Black families came West in covered wagons;
established self-sufficient all-Black towns, filling every job
from barber to teacher, state legislator to doctor.
- African Americans were some of the West's
earliest millionaires, owning much of the West's most valuable
real estate and many of its prominent businesses.
- One of the first gold discoveries in Idaho
Springs, Colorado was made by Henry Parker, a Black mine owner.
- Blacks were also military heroes, taking
San Juan Hill with Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War.
It is a little known fact that the all-Black 10th Cavalry should
really
be credited with that victory.
Yes African American people played a major role in the settling and
shaping of the American West. Yet, until now, this story has gone
virtually untold. From the early fur trade until today, the museum's
exhibits document this history, with a special emphasis on Colorado
and early Denver. It is a story not found in history books, but we
tell it like it was.
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