Sky, Louis, 1887-

The Sky family from Chugwater, Wyoming pose with their friends the Cotton family from California. Back row left to right Effie Cotton, Clara Sky, Fern Cotton, Louis Sky, and Arnold Sky and front row left to right Mary Cotton and Edna Cotton.

Yiddish-speaking homesteaders from Eastern Europe settled in this remote prairie town in response to free land and a dream of life on the farm. Thirty-one families eventually formed a tight-knit community and organized the Chugwater Yiddishe School, a one-room schoolhouse. Most Jews eventually left, but a few families stayed until the 1930s.

Clara Sky and Louis Sky standing in front of Sky Drug, the drug store they owned, in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Clara and Louis Sky stand in front of Sky Drug store. There are advertisements on the front of the building for Dr. Pepper and Cleo Cola. The store was owned and operated by the Sky family at 507 W. 27th Street in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Clara Sky and Louis Sky standing in front of their car on their farm in Chugwater, Wyoming.

Louis Sky stands in front of a car in Cheyenne, Wyoming wearing a suit and holding a hat.

Louis Sky stands on his farm in Chugwater, Wyoming in front of the chicken coop.

Louis Sky stands in Sky Drug in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Formal studio portrait of the Sky family. Louis, Clara, and Arnold Sky were from Chugwater, Wyoming.