In 1860, Big Mike Goldwater traveled down to the mining town of Gila City in Arizona. He then opened his first store in La Paz, Arizona in 1862. It was not until 1872, that the first Phoenix Goldwater store was opened. | Source: "Michael "Big Mike" Goldwater, " Jewish Museum of the American West http://www.jmaw.org/goldwater-jewish-arizona-pioneer/accessed December 6, 2016.Download Original File
