Isadore Elkan and Anna Freudenthal Solomon, 1997

I. E. (Isadore Elkan) Solomon was born on May 23, 1841 in Kruschwitz, Prussia and moved to Pennsylvania in 1858. He became a US citizen in 1865 and married Anna Freudenthal in 1872 after meeting her in Poland. They moved to Arizona with their three children in 1876, opening a store shortly afterward in the town that came to be known as Solomonville. The town grew, and the Solomon Commercial Company incorporated more and more items and industries, selling automobiles and opening a flour mill, a hotel, and a bank by 1910 among other business endeavors. Anna and Isadore moved to Califoria in 1921 when business began to falter and passed away in 1931.In 1957 Governor Ernest W. McFarland declared November 23 as Isaodre E. Solomon Day in Arizona.

Article about Isadore Elkan and Anna Freudenthal Solomon who were pioneers in Arizona Territory and a token from their store, Solomon Store, which operated as a saloon and a bank. The brass token was "good for one drink" at the store in Solomonville, Arizona Territory. See communities (B114.05.001.0015) for autobiography.