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Box 1, 1910-2012

 File — Box: B289.01.0001
Identifier: B289.01.0001

Abstract

Louis Robinson came from Eastern Europe with his wife Etta and their children in the 1890s. He founded the Climax Dairy in 1895 in Denver, Colorado. He also donated land and was on the Board of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. His sons Hyman and Morris took over the dairy and Hyman married Etta Miller. Etta Robinson died in 1900 when their son Samuel was born. After the depression World War II, Sam Robinson started the Robinson Dairy. Sam Robinson and his wife Helen Stone had two sons, Richard and Edward. Dick and Eddie Robinson ran the dairy until 1999 when it was sold. Book by James E. Churches (2012) about Richard and Edward Robinson and about the Robinson Family. Three file folders containing newsclippings, photographs, and a brochure on Robinson Dairy.

Dates

  • 1910-2012

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (half letter document box)