Cotopaxi, Colorado: Russian Jewish Colony
Read Every Word; It's Important (the golden report) Nov 29, 2011 *
more info at
www.cotopaxi-colorado.com
I am updating today, Feb 29, 2012!
My annual day of updating, February 29!!!
Updates to the Descendant's Page and the Cemetery Page!
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Welcome!
Shalom!
In 1882 there was a large Colony of immigrant Russian Jews in Cotopaxi,
Colorado...
Description of Photos: click description for larger photograph
Top Left: Cotopaxi as seen looking north-west from the hill behind the Cotopaxi church.
Top Right:
View from Cotopaxi looking west through the canyon.
Bottom Left:
Looking west from the "Mow" ranch towards areas of the large black-shaded area of map.
Bottom Center:
BLM map with approximate colony lands shaded black.
Related
Map Page
Bottom Right: Looking south over part of the lower colony lands.
*I've taken quite a break from this site. Next project: Bypaths! When the Colony Jews were in distress,
they were aided by Denver area Jews, which sent a group to Cotopaxi to inspect the conditions. (no good deed
goes unpunished? Turn about is fair play?) Later, when the colony disbanded, most of the colonist went to the Denver area. The question arises; By what route?
I never questioned that they went down the Arkansas river to the "front range" plains and then north to Denver.
But after realizing that the road to Canon City along the Arkansas was not built at the time, it became apparent
that other routes were used. For instance, I'm beginning to investigate a "back way" to the Denver area, perhaps
through South Park, etc. etc.. If you have any information or would like to discuss this new project please email
nels0n@live.com * If you are in the Cotopaxi area, we are not difficult to locate. *
Quick Look - Cotopaxi History Mrs. Elizabeth Gulliford's Account of Cotopaxi
The Cotopaxi Colony: A Thesis by Flora Jane Satt
With
permission from Flora Jane Satt, her thesis "The Cotopaxi Colony" is being posted here.This thesis contains a good history of Cotopaxi, and I think this is the best source of info on the Cotopaxi Colony.
Much credit is due to my wife,
Cruz, for entering most of the thesis into MS Word documents. As time permits, more will be posted online.Update: December 2009: my sister Jen Lowe has entered Part VI - Bibliography and it is now posted on the thesis page! Jen has also done a tremendous about of research and is compiling the Cotopaxi colonist's genealogy.
Jen's IF-Then Blog If you think it didn't happen
concerning the Jews of Brest Litovsk
that did not come to Cotopaxi
the Holocaust:
From Jen Lowe,
"....when you do genealogy and see that an entire
family of 3 generations ALL died on the very same day.....
you know that it is real."
upcoming: The next phase: The Genesis
Were the Colonists
Hassidim or Haskalah?
coming soon: Congregation bnia Shalom, Cotopaxi,
Colorado 1882 There was a
synagogue in Cotopaxi!
with
excerpts from
Ship manifest for Shames, Prezant, Washer, Milstein families!!
The People - List of the Cotopaxi Colonists
Schneider (Snyder) Family and Descendants
Milstein - Shuteran - Prezant Families & Descendants
Kinship Report for Menashe Milstein
Milstein-Shames Descendant chart UPDATED Aug 2010
Colony Lands - Map of Colonist's Plots
- identified by name
A special Thank You to Jerry and Judy Klinger
with the
Jewish American Society For Historic Preservation (JASHP)
For Their Kind Act
of
Funding this Project
Stay tuned - Jerry and I are working on a marker for the Cotopaxi graves!
Gravesite marker is up!
Jerry Klinger (right) with Nelson at the colony gravesite, April 29, 2011
Click to enlarge!
This represents a bit more than 180 degrees.
On the left side, the view is towards the north,
the center part represents the easterly view,
and on the right side, towards the south.
Hero or villain?
Both!?!?
Just a quick look:
Wanted in Montanaand
Emanuel Saltiel's "Sweated Labor" (Jewish Colonists)
No smooth talking is going get in the way of history on this site.
But I think the bottom line will be:
Although not likely his intent, Saltiel helped some Jews get out of Russia at a time that saved them from immediate Russian government oppression and also saved them from the future Holocaust.
In this light, Saltiel's good BY FAR out weighs his not-so-good.
Crook, shyster, con man ? Absolutely. It's well documented.
But if one Jewish life was saved by his actions, even inadvertently, then he is elevated far above many others.
This is a proper view of Emanuel Harris Saltiel.
All the while, bearing in mind -
The Jews that came had the mindset to come, Saltiel or no, as evidenced by Jacob Milstien's presence in America before Saltiel met with HAIS.
Coming soon - The Gold Tom connection! developing!
1882
Tid Bits
Above, The Cotopaxi Mine Built by Peter Young in 1919.
Burned down in 1956.
This was later (note vehicle) than the time of the Cotopaxi Colony.
Researching Canon City Historical Center records
Microfishing Findings:
Fremont County Leader, Sept 2, 1882:
"Married.
Chuturin-Snyder - On August
25, by Rev D. Grupitzky, Mr. Marcus
Chuturin and Miss Fanny Snyder,
both of Cotopaxi, Colo."
Thinking:
D. Grupitzky probably was David Korpitsky. BUT maybe not..... developing...Chuturin = Shuteran etc, Snyder = Schneider
Note: "Rev" - you gotta have a sense of humour. Stupid gentiles anyway.
(disclaimer: I'm just a gentile!)
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We Have Found: The Beehive Mine
Photo: an old crib in an old shed in Cotopaxi...
Julius Schwartz, March 2, 1883 letter to
HEAS:
"
of the houses are constructed on town lots,"
(so this should be read - six of the shacks Saltiel built were within the Cotopaxi townsite.)
"The houses are double-boarded with tar paper between them, are sixteen by twenty feet and are twelve feet high in the center"
in other words....they were clapboard/tarpaper shacks....
At some point, we will have to take a look at just where these properties were.
Local
rancher, educator,
It's a great book!!!
Our other Cotopaxi Colony pages
Flora
Jane Satt Thesis Homepage
The
People - List of Cotopaxi Colonists
Milstein
Family Genealogy page (Makovsky Family Tree) OLD VERSION
Colony
Lands Map with ownership designation
The
Descendant's Page Their
"What's New?" Page!
The
People - List of the Cotopaxi Colonists
Schneider
(Snyder) Family and Descendants
Milstein
- Shuteran - Prezant Families & Descendants
Kinship
Report for Menashe Milstein
Milstein-Shames
Descendant chart
Links
Thanks to all the sites linking!
Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation
Additional information on the Jewish colony in Cotopaxi Colorado.
Maps and Photos
Microsoft
TerraServer - Aerial Photo of Cotopaxi and surrounding area
History
of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection
Cotopaxi Colony articles, documents and websites
Cotopaxi
- The failed Russian Jewish Agricultural Colony, 1882-1884
Congregation
Zera Abraham - formed in 1887 by Colonists
Cotopaxi
Torah Mystery - Denver Post
By Claire Martin 9/27/2009
Cotopaxi
Jewish Colony -Shanna Lewis/Western Skies Oct 6, 2005
The
Jewish Agricultural Colony at Cotopaxi, Colorado by Dr. Yitzchok Levine
Hard
Times: The Jewish colony at Cotopaxi, by Nancy Oswald
Why
the Jews emigrated, by Martha Quillen
Aaron
Armstrong's Cotopaxi Colony site
Mrs.
Elizabeth Gulliford's account of Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi
article, University of Denver curriculum guide
Names
of the Cotopaxi Colonists. Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado
Excerpt:
Julius Schwartz's Report
Bibliography
of North American Jewish Community Books: Colorado
The
Boston HIAS Database, 1882-1929
Jewish
Colorado.org - Jewish Colorado History
Carol
McNew's Cotopaxi Cemetery Page "The first burials were Russian
Photograph:
Cotopaxi Colonists in front of E.S. Hart store in Cotopaxi,
Miscellaneous
Colorado
Historical Society Roadside Marker Program
Cotopaxi,
Ecuador The other Cotopaxi!
My Big Sister's BLOG:
http://jen-lowe-designs.blogspot.com
and last and least:
www.cotopaxi-colorado.com for
extra Cotopaxi history and...other
stuff...
Many thanks to Steve Quiring of Computer Services of Eagle
for the donation this website's hosting and maintenance.
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