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Cotopaxi (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Shames Family Rose Hill Cemetery Certificates

 Collection
Identifier: B285
Abstract Michael (Michel) Shames, the son of Rifka and Isaac Leib Milstein Shames, was a colonist at the failed agricultural colony at Cotopaxi, Colorado (1882-1884). He married Frieda Raizel, and they had three children: Esther, Sarah, and Jacob (Yankel, 1885-1950). Rose Hill Cemetery was created as a burial place for the Orthodox Jews of Denver in 1891. It was organized by the United Hebrew Cemetery Association and was located in Commerce City, Colorado, when burials were stopped in the older...
Dates: 1900-1939

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0039.00001
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0016.00016
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0008.00003
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

Shul Baer Milstein Sits with a Long Pipe, circa 1895

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0008.00005
Abstract

Shul Baer Milstein, wearing a yarmulke and smoking a long pipe, sits at a table with an open Talmud in front of him. A tapestry hangs on the wall behind his chair. Milstein, who immigrated from Russia, was an early leader in Denver's west side Orthodox Jewish community and in Congregation Zera Abraham. He was also a patriarch of the Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located in Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. He was a peddler and later opened his own kosher butcher shop.

Dates: circa 1895

The East European Newcomers, Panel 1, 2001

 Item — Object B297.02.01.00032: Series B297.02 [Barcode: U186023292236]
Identifier: B297.02.01.00032
Abstract

One of 12 exhibit display panels from the exhibit "Blazing the Trail: Denver's Jewish Pioneers." Panel titled "The East European Newcomers" features more historical information and includes the Cotopaxi Colonists, the Quiat Family, Golda Meir, the Toltz Family and a Hayutin/Ginsberg outing to Balanced Rock.

Dates: Other: 2001