Goldwater's Department Store was a department store

Department store

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 chain based in Phoenix

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, Arizona

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. It was founded in Gila City

Gila City, Arizona

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, Arizona

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, in 1860 and moved to Phoenix in 1872. The store was founded by Michael Goldwater, the grandfather of U.S. Senator and 1964 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater

Barry Goldwater

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.

Goldwater's was acquired by Associated Dry Goods Corp. in 1963 and was merged into ADG's J. W. Robinson (Los Angeles) division in 1983. At this time the Tucson stores were sold to Dillard's

Dillard's

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. The remaining former Goldwater's stores were acquired by May Department Stores

May Department Stores

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 as part of May's 1986 acquisition of ADG. May Department Stores merged their May Company California

May Company California

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 and J. W. Robinson's divisions in 1989 as Robinson's-May, folding in Denver's May Daniels & Fisher. Following the purchase of May by Federated Department Stores in 2006, the majority of the Phoenix area stores were converted to Macy's.

The Goldwater family reclaimed the store's old logo in 1989 and reincarnated it as a food company called Goldwater's Foods. Today they are known for their fine salsas.

Further reading

• Goldwater Foods website
• Barry M. Goldwater. (2006). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 25, 2006, from Britannica Concise Encyclopedia.
• Edwards, Lee. (1995) "Goldwater: The Man Who Made a Revolution". Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc. ISBN 0-89526-471-4.
• Goldberg, Robert A. (1997). Barry Goldwater. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07257-0.
• Hess, Karl
  Karl Hess
  Karl Hess was an American national-level speechwriter and author. He was also a political philosopher, editor, welder, motorcycle racer, tax resister, atheist, and libertarian activist...
  
   (1967). "In a cause that will triumph: the Goldwater campaign and the future of Conservatism
  American conservatism
  Conservatism in the United States has played an important role in American politics since the 1950s. Historian Gregory Schneider identifies several constants in American conservatism: respect for tradition, support of republicanism, preservation of "the rule of law and the Christian religion", and...
  
  ". New York: Doubleday.
• Kessel, John H. (1968). "The Goldwater Coalition: Republican Strategies in 1964." New York: Bobbs-Merrill. ISBN: N/A.