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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 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

Solomon Herbert Bassow, 1894-circa 1980

 File
Identifier: B111.01.0001.0021
Abstract

Born in Russia, Bassow emigrated to New York in 1906, eventually moving to Wyoming where his family briefly were homesteaders and he taught in a one-room schoolhouse. Later he graduated from the University of Colorado Medical School.

Dates: 1894-circa 1980