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Mears, Otto, 1840-1931

 Person

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Articles and Publications on Otto Mears, 1972-1999

 File
Identifier: B216.01.0001.0002
Scope and Contents Copies of articles on Otto Mears include: one copy of "Otto Mears, Pathfinder of the San Juan" and two photocopies of the second page of the article by Courtney Randolph, one photocopy of Michael Kaplan's Colorado's Little Big Man", One copy of "Jewish Cowboys and Indians" by William Kramer published in the London Jewish Chronicle Magazine on September 28, 1979. A visitors guide brochure to the Colorado State Capitol and a photo copy of the first floor of the capitol is also included from...
Dates: 1972-1999

Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00008
Abstract

Brief description of several early Jewish leaders of commerce, philanthropy, religion, and community as well as several Jewish lawyers, doctors, merchants, and politicians in Colorado.

Dates: 2009

Blazing the Trail, Panel 2, 2001

 Item — Object B297.02.02.00029: Series B297.02 [Barcode: U186023282590]
Identifier: B297.02.01.00029
Abstract

One of 12 exhibit display panels from the exhibit "Blazing the Trail: Denver's Jewish Pioneers." Panel titled "Blazing the Trail: Denver's Jewish Pioneers" features Fred Salomon, Frances Wisebart Jacobs, Benjamin Jacobs, Philip Hornbein, Leopold Mayer and Otto Mears.

Dates: 2001

Box 1, 1948-1999

 File — Box B216.01.0001: Series B216.01 [Barcode: U186020736134]
Identifier: B216.01.0001
Abstract (1) mounted Rocky Mountain Empire Magazine page, 1948; (1) sheet music ''The Ballad of Otto Mears'' (1) letter from Kankakee Federal Savings regarding ballad and (1) supplemental handout about ballad; (1) file folder with photocopies of ''Western States Jewish Historical Quarterly'', clippings from London Jewish Chronicle 1979, photocopy of "Colorado's Littler Big Man: The Early Career of Otto Mears, 1840-1881", and a copy of the Visitors Guide to Colorado's Capitol and a map of the first...
Dates: 1948-1999

Box 2, 1892

 File — Box B216.02.0002: Series B216.02 [Barcode: U186023261502]
Identifier: B216.02.0002

Citizens of the State: Colorado's Early Jewish Politicians, 2007

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00006
Abstract This film examines the pivotal role early Colorado Jewish citizens played in the state's political life. Despite their distinction as a religious minority, pioneer Jews in communities throughout Colorado were viewed as a positive and stablitizing influence who upheld morality and order in the new settlements. Virtually every town in Colorado had a Jewish mayor by the turn of the nineteenth century, including Denver, Central City, and Fairplay. Includes brief biographies of Jewish men and...
Dates: 2007

Gunnison County, 2019

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Identifier: B114.03.0003.0021
Abstract

Magazine article about John E. Phillips, a newspaper man in Irwin and Crested Butte, Gunnison County. He started "The Elk Mountain Pilot" in Irwin in 1980. He moved the printing plant to Crested Butte, Colorado and ran the paper until 1893. Among others, he reported on Otto Mears and Simon Guggenheim.

Dates: 2019

Individuals, 1962-1994

 File
Identifier: B113.01.0001.0004
Abstract

File contains newspaper clippings from 1962-1994 that are about individual people in the Jewish Denver community. The majority of the articles are from the early 1980s.

Dates: 1962-1994

Newspaper Clippings and Articles, 1913-2013

 Series
Identifier: B113.01
Abstract

Miscellaneous clippings and articles about Jews in the Rocky Mountain west, primarily from the Rocky Mountain News, the Intermountain Jewish News (IJN) and the Denver Post. Some of the articles are from a column, "Out of the Past," written by Mike Zelinger that appeared in the IJN. Also included is the Century Edition of the IJN, 1913-2013.

Dates: 1913-2013

Otto Mears Sterling Silver Souvenir Spoon, c. 1892

 Item
Identifier: B216.02.0002.00002
Abstract

Otto Mears sterling silver souvenir spoon. The spoon was commemorative for the Silverton Railroad. The spoon features a two-sided bust of Otto Mears at its top. The bowl of the spoon has a scene of railroad tracks running through the mountains and trees with the words "Rainbow Route" at the top. Ornate railways lead from the upper-middle to lower-middle on the front and back of the spoon.

Dates: c. 1892

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