Index to the essential documents in the "argument" about Cotopaxi

This is a start.  It does not include everything I have posted....but it does include all of the newspaper items, letters and reports concerning the colony.  I call these the "essential" documents as they are essential to making an accurate decision about what really happened in Cotopaxi.

• This is the ONLY colony that was established at an altitude above 1000 ft.
• E. H. Saltiel is the ONLY person responsible for promoting this location to HEAS in NYC.  You will find him to be defensive about any objection to this location even though he later describes it as "one of the wildest parts of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado."
• Schwarz was young and overly optimistic about the conditions.
• Kohn/Witkowski were probably leaning too much in the other direction.
• There is no question that everyone had an opinion about the conditions at Cotopaxi!

You can go directly to my homepage and find this same list down on the right hand side of the page.  Hope it helps!

July 1, 1844 Saltiel’s father - bigamy case

July 1, 1844 Saltiel’s father - bigamy case - part 2 - Saltiel raised in an Askhanezi home 

1866   Saltiel at Ft Laramie, dishonorable discharge from Union Army. 

The remainder of these documents were referenced in Flora Satt's 1950 Thesis on Cotopaxi. There are absolutely no "new" discoveries, each of these documents was located by Flora Satt - proof that her research was incredible.  I am posting the documents, in a typed format, so you have access to them. You can then click on the link and read each blog.  The peach colored text is the actual document transcribed.  Nothing has been added or omitted.  If you would like to see the jpg image of any of these, just email me 

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June 29, 1882  To HEAS from Julius Schwarz. The first report we have on the Colony

July, 1882 Cotopaxi had an Ark, a Torah and a Synagogue

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Oct 6, 1882 Morris Tuska report from his 7/30/1882 visit to Cotopaxi

Oct 27, 1882 Saltiel’s response to Tuska’s report

Oct 27, 1882  A longer reply from Saltiel to the American Hebrew

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Oct 23, 1882  Schwarz Report Part 1

Oct 23, 1882  Schwarz Report Part 2

Oct 23, 1882 Schwarz Report Part 3

Nov 17, 1882 Jewish Messenger comments on the Schwarz Report

Dec 22, 1882 Jewish Messenger’s report on the Colony, author unknown

Dec 27, 1882 Saltiel’s response to the Jewish Messenger’s report (see above)

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Jan 30, 1883 The Kohn & Wirkowski report on Cotopaxi - a rebuttal of the Schwarz Report.

Feb 8, 1883  Myer Hart's rebuttal to the Kohn & Witkowski report

Feb 11, 1883  Denver Republican interview with Kohn, Witkowski, others

Feb 11, 1883  HEAS response to the Kohn & Witkowski report

Mar 2, 1883  Julius Schwarz rebuttal to Kohn & Witkowski

Mar 10, 1883  Philip Nussbaum visit to Cotopaxi in response to Schwarz and Kohn/Witkowski

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