West Colfax (Denver, Colo.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Oral History Interview with Peryle Hayutin Beck, 1989 February 5
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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00139
Abstract
Peryle Hayutin Beck (1914-2006) recalls her family history, including the Ginsbergs' and Hayutins' origins in the Russian Empire; their arrival in America in the late 19th century; the loss of several relatives in World War I; her family's ties to the Lower East Side Jewish community in New York City and Memphis, Tennessee; the arrival of Dora Ginsberg, her paternal grandmother, in Denver, Colorado for health reasons; and the extended family's gradual move from New York to Denver. She also...
Dates:
1989 February 5