Milstein, Shul Baer, d. 1915
Person
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.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Drawing of Shul Baer Milstein, 1959 November
File
Identifier: B371.01.0003.00002
Abstract
Drawing of a rabbi sitting at a table smoking a pipe and turning the pages of a book. Drawing is mosly black and grey with some yellow and red in the background. Some Hebrew text and Judaic symbols in background. Framed pastel drawing done by Jean-Jacque "Jaq" Mesterton Radinsky of Rabbi S. B. Milstein, the artist's grandfather. Written at the bottom of the page "Color as I remember of the hanging in his study, S. B. Milstein, my grandfather. Done from a 3 1/2 x 5 inch Black and White photo....
Dates:
1959 November
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