In 1882, fifty Jewish Immigrants from Russia came to Cotopaxi to establish an agricultural colony.  Over the next 2 years, an additional 27 Jews joined this group, some remaining only a few weeks.  By 1884, everyone had left.  These were Ashkenazi Jews.

The Dora Roberts report, published in 1941, was written 59 years after the Colonists arrived in Cotopaxi.  Flora Satt published her thesis in 1950,  which was 68 years after they arrived. 

While these women did fabulous jobs, there are mistakes in their writings.  Today, we have computerized records that provide us with access to information not available in the 40s and 50s.  We have the ability to document history as it actually happened.

The table below was put together using ship's manifests (color coded names), land declarations recorded in 1882 on 2 different dates, the 1885 Colorado state census and the 1900 US Federal Census.  All of those records were within 18 years of the date the Colonists arrived in Cotopaxi.  We hope to eventually have all of these records available for your review.

Surname spellings (click on this link to see all the different ways each surname was spelled from 1882 to the present.)

This is the approximate order that the Colonists arrived and left Cotopaxi.  Bookmark this page and check back as we will be adding links to individual family pages.

These are first 50 colonists who arrived at Cotopaxi in May, 1882. Names are taken from ships manifests.  Colored highlights are by ship.  We will be adding links to each specific manifest.