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Acknowledgements

As in the past, I am very grateful to my friend, Victoria Bartlett, who has been my sounding board and helped me to improve this story. Colleen Polumbo, the curator of the Golden Museum, kindly helped me to locate the forgotten pioneer cemetery, provided information, and gave me access to microfiche of old local newspapers. Ms. Lindsey Oliver’s M.A. thesis (“The Golden Pioneer Cemetery: Health and Mortuary Practices of the Early Pioneers 1882–1894,” Site EhQf-3) was a storyteller’s treasure chest that included valuable details on the burials and the archaeological excavation project conducted in the 1980s. Last, but not least, I am grateful to Riley Johnson and Cameron McMurchy-Barber for making my research trip to Golden pure joy. As boys are known to do, they found adventure and fun everywhere — atop floating logs in ponds, among wolves in a sanctuary, inside museums and historic sites, and even in long-abandoned graveyards.