Congregation Zera Abraham (Denver, Colo.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
From Cotopaxi to Denver: Immigrant Jewish Farmers Become American Urban Community Leaders, 2010
Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00009
Abstract
History of the ill-fated Cotopaxi Colony of Jewish immigrants in Colorado. Brief biographies of the families involved and their contribution to Denver and Colorado after they left the colony.
Dates:
2010
Miriam Milstein, circa 1895
Item
Identifier: B063.08.0039.00002
Abstract
Miriam Milstein sits at a table with a tapestry behind her. Mrs. Milstein's husband was Shul Baer Milstein, an early leader in Denver, Colorado's west side Orthodox Jewish community, and Congregations Zera Abraham. Shul Baer Milstein was the patriarch of Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located near Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. The couple never lived in the Cotopaxi community.
Dates:
circa 1895
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