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Women's History Month: Mary Elitch Long
There’s a good chance you’ve either been to Elitch Gardens or have seen it across the way from the Auraria campus. There is also a good chance you may not know that Mary Elitch Long owned and operated it. While there are plans to eliminate the ...

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