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Milstein, Shul Baer, d. 1915

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Biography

Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's westside Orthodox Jewish community, and previously a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community established in 1882 that failed in 1884. Ran a kosher meat market. Later owned cattle, a stock yard and packing plant.

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From Cotopaxi to Denver: Immigrant Jewish Farmers Become American Urban Community Leaders, 2010

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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