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Cotopaxi (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Isadore and Yetta Prezant Levitt 50th Wedding Anniversary, circa 1948

 Item
Identifier: B315.01.00003
Abstract Isadore (Shea) and Yetta Prezant Levitt are standing inside the Congregation Zera Abraham synagogue in a full-length portrait. Yetta Levitt is wearing a dress with a corsage and Isadore Levitt is wearing a suit and hat with a boutonnière. They came from Russia in the early 1900s and settled in the Eastern European Jewish neighborhood around West Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado. The Zera Abraham synagogue, at 1560 Julian street, was founded in 1887 by former colonists in Cotopaxi,...
Dates: circa 1948

Miriam Milstein, circa 1895

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Identifier: B063.08.0039.00002
Abstract

Miriam Milstein sits at a table with a tapestry behind her. Mrs. Milstein's husband was Shul Baer Milstein, an early leader in Denver, Colorado's west side Orthodox Jewish community, and Congregations Zera Abraham. Shul Baer Milstein was the patriarch of Cotopaxi Colony, an agricultural community located near Cotopaxi, Colorado that failed in 1884. The couple never lived in the Cotopaxi community.

Dates: circa 1895

Muhlstein and Ornstein Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B312
Abstract Shul Baer Milstein arrived in Denver in 1884. He was the impetus behind the Jewish agricultural colony at Cotopaxi, Colorado. Nettie Milstein, daughter of Shul Milstein, married her first cousin Jacob Muhlstein in Central City, Colorado. The couple homested near Longmont, Colorado and then farmed near Broomfield, Colorado where they lived for years without running water or indoor plumbing for their family of nine children. One of the nine children, Rose Muhlstein, married Samuel Ornstein...
Dates: 1878-1980

Oral History Interview with Betty Lustig, 1995 November 14

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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00154
Abstract

Covers her family immigrating, their part in the Cotopaxi Colony, members of Hebrew Educational Alliance when it began, Jewish family life.

Dates: 1995 November 14

Oral History Interview with Louis Siegel, 1979 March 13

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Identifier: B098.01.0003.00063
Abstract

Talks about life on Denver's west side, fathers experience with the carrier’s union, pulling a wagon of fruit or ice, doing other manual labor jobs.

Dates: 1979 March 13

Oral History Interview with Rose Stuhlbarg, 1978 August 6

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00039
Abstract

Rose Stuhlbarg details Jewish life on the West Side of Denver, Colo. She also talks about her parents who emigrated from Russia. Her father practiced folk-medicine and her mother was a midwife. She mentions the Yiddish theater in Denver. She discusses her life after her first husband died, and the Depression years in Denver. Her first husband was murdered while on the Denver Police Force in 1919.

Dates: 1978 August 6

Oral History Interview with Sam Beck, 1976 September 17

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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00007
Abstract "Sam Beck explains how his family escaped from Russia when he was very young and lived in Cotopaxi, Colorado, before settling in Denver. He discusses his life in Denver in the early 1900s, including such topics as his school days, some of his pastimes, Jewish families living in Denver, farmers in Colorado, and businesses and business owners in Denver. He mentions prejudice against Jews in Denver and also talks about the Ku Klux Klan's influence in the city. In addition, he discusses Jewish...
Dates: 1976 September 17

Ore House at Saltiel's Mine, between 1870-1900

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Identifier: B321.03.0001.0012.00001
Abstract

Three unidentified miners pose at the Saltiel Mine's ore house in Cotopaxi, Colorado.

Dates: between 1870-1900

Saltiel's Store, between 1879-1882

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Identifier: B321.03.0001.0012.00003
Abstract

Saltiel's store in Cotopaxi, Colorado.

Dates: between 1879-1882

Schwarz Report, 1882

 File
Identifier: B321.01.0001.0013
Abstract

Copies of Julius Schwarz report on the "Colony of Russian Refugees at Cotopaxi, Colorado, established by The Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society of the United States." Julius Schwarz reported to the Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society on the status of the Russian settlers at the Cotopaxi Colony.

Dates: 1882