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Cohen family (Aspen, Colo.)

 Family

Biography

The Cohen family were one of the first settlers of the town of Aspen, Colorado. Elias Cohen moved there by 1891 and managed David Hyman's mining properties.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Cohen - Harris - Herman - Holstein, 1996

 File
Identifier: B111.02.0002.0010
Abstract

According to Horace Waters, the family of Meyers Harris was in Boulder during the 1870s and 1880s. He and his wife Jeanett had four daughters (Anna, Sarah, Etta, Rebecca), all of whom were born in Michigan before the family moved to Colorado. The families of Benjamin, Moses, and George B. Holstein were in Boulder and Blackhawk during the 1870s and 80s, where they were involved in the clothing and mining industries (specifically the Cohen Lode).

Dates: 1996

Jewish Communities Outside of Denver, Panel 1 , 2011

 Item — Object B297.02.01.00038: Series B297.02 [Barcode: U186023282574]
Identifier: B297.02.01.00038
Abstract

One of 12 exhibit display panels from the exhibit "Blazing the Trail: Denver's Jewish Pioneers." Panel titled "Jewish Communities Outside of Denver" features more historical information and includes Cohen Family of Fairplay, Issacs of Leadville. Cripple Creek, Sam and Bertha Flax, Abraham Rachofsky of Central City, and Meyer Brothers of Northern Colorado.

Dates: 2011

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