Ranching
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Atwood, Colorado, between 1975-2014
Poor Russian Jewish immigrants established the Atwood Colony in 1896 when B'nai B'rith and investment companies encouraged 75 adults and six children to settle in Atwood by offering farm land, seed, water rights, houses, implements, and cattle. The barren colony, lacking promised assistance, was near starvation and failed. By 1899, only a few Jewish families remained.
Beck Archives Businesses Collection
The Businesses Collection reflects the diverse role Jews played in the economic growth of the American West, particularly within Colorado. It includes a paper on Jewish businesses and articles and documents from and about a variety of businesses, dating from 1890 to 2007.
Box 2, 1929
Box contains "Lazy K Lazy L" branding Iron.
Butler Family, 1935-1965
Chugwater, Wyoming, 1978
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 and Arnold Sky on the Sky Farm, between 1920-1929
Clara Sky and Arnold Sky standing in front of the windmill on their farm in Chugwater, Wyoming.
Clara and Arnold Sky on the Sky Ranch, circa 1918
Clara Sky and Arnold Sky standing in front of the home on their ranch in Chugwater, Wyoming. Arnold holds a bucket to feed a calf as Clara and their dog Shep look on in the background.
Julius Basinski, 1963
Louis Sky in Chugwater, Wyoming, between 1910-1934
Louis Sky stands on his farm in Chugwater, Wyoming in front of the chicken coop.