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Missy's got a sweet tooth!!!Type: Traditional | Size: Micro 
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| Terrain: By: purple_rain88 @ | Hide Date: 09/22/2010 | Status: Available Country: United States | State: Colorado Coordinates: N39° 47.981 W104° 58.759 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 4 
Heres a history lesson, a cache and go have some free candy and a tour. This one the kids will truly enjoy! Congrats Edwards654 for FTF In 1920, Carl T. Hammond Sr. began Hammonds Candy Company after many years of working in the retail food business. He developed his first original recipe, the Honey Koko, and the business was off and roaring along with the rest of the businesses in the twenties. Carl was the business: he developed the recipes, made the candy, sold the candy and was his own office staff. Eventually, he hired someone to keep the store open, while he traveled around this side of the Great Divide selling his candy wholesale to other stores. The depression brought many changes, but Carl went right on selling candy, because even in those extremely trying times, people could find enough money to buy themselves and their children candy, but it had to be good candy. Carl's motto was "Nothing is more important that quality." Quality kept Hammond's modest factory on Platte River Street open and making a profit. In 1945, Carl T (Tom) Hammond Jr. and his wife June arrived in Denver after he was discharged from the Navy at the end of World War II. Tom went from being Chief Petty Officer to apprentice candy maker. June soon learned about the candy business and worked with her husband and father-in-law in the candy factory. In 1948 Hammond's Candy Company moved to its second location at Bryant Street and West 29th Avenue. Tom continued in the business after his father passed away and the business continued to flourish under his direction. Tom, June, their four sons and their daughter all worked in the business at one time or another. With the four sons having grown up and pursued careers of their own, Tom and June would have been at a loss with the business if not for their daughter, Robin, and her husband Emery Dorsey IV. Emery joined the business in 1983 and learned the art of candy making from Tom. When Tom passed away several years later, Emery was able to take over the management of the candy factory. With the help of his wife and mother-in-law he was able to carry on the tradition of candy making for another 16 years. In 1999, June decided that she was done with the candy business and decided to put the factory up for sale. With the sale of the company came huge growth. Hammond's soon outgrew the tiny factory on 29th and moved to a building twice the size of the previous. The company left 29th and Bryant with 10 employees, and soon blossomed to a 60+ person factory. Hammond's also opened the factory to the public, giving free tours Monday through Friday, and added an annual Candy Cane Festival, an event which is still held the first Saturday of every December. Continuing to grow at a great pace, Hammond's made another move to its current 35,000 sq ft facility just north of Denver, on Washington St. and 58th Ave, in 2004. Hammond's new facility is now able to accommodate around 100 employees, and almost 100,000 tour guests per year! Over the last 90 years, the "Mile High" city of Denver, Colorado has seen a number of fine chocolate and candy manufacturers come and go, but the candy company founded by Carl T Hammond Sr. in 1920 is one that is still very much in business. At Hammond's Candies today, we still make candy the way Carl Hammond made it, with the same tempting recipes and same careful craftsmanship. Toffee is still dipped in rich chocolate and hand-rolled in crunchy almonds. Our hard candy is still hand pulled to extra shine and even with all that handwork, we still make and offer hundreds of different candies. Chocolates and creamy caramels fill our showcases, along with lollipops, candy canes, and much, much more. That's a lot of variety for one small company, but as Carl Hammond taught us, it's more interesting and more fun!
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