Alma (Colo.)

Rache Palinbaum owned a pool hall in Alma, CO, and managed the Alma baseball team. He came to Colorado in 1885 at age 20, worked in mining, went into the saloon business, and served on the Alma Town Board. He died in 1936 at age 71.

Exterior view of a white building during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society bus trip to Fairplay and Alma, Colorado. Signs on the building say: "John Merriam, City Drug Store." and "The Bank of Alma."

Blurred photo of many shelves of dolls during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society bus tour to Fairplay and Alma, Colorado.

Display in the Fairplay Museum of a parlor with mannequins of a man by a harp and a woman at a piano during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society.

Display in the Fairplay Museum of a parlor with mannequins of a man by a harp and a woman at a piano during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society bus tour to Fairplay and Alma, Colorado.

Display in the Fairplay Museum of a dining room with a mannequin woman standing by a set table during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society bus tour to Fairplay and Alma, Colorado.

Milt and Jean Morris and Dr. Edmond Cohen stand in a doorway at the Fairplay Museum during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society bus tour to Fairplay and Alma, Colorado.

Miriam Goldberg sits at an old typewriter in the newspaper office in the Fairplay Museum during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society bus tour to Fairplay and Alma, Colorado.

Miriam Goldberg sits at an old typesetter in the newspaper office in the Fairplay Museum during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society bus tour to Fairplay and Alma, Colorado.

Miriam Goldberg stands in the newspaper office in the Fairplay Museum during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society bus tour to Fairplay and Alma, Colorado.