Montana

Samuel Schwab & Edward Zimmerman: Early Jewish Pioneer Hotel Partners of Helena Montana

Samuel Schwab & Edward Zimmerman Values Codes I – E – L   Samuel Schwab was born in 1836 in Rimpar, Bavaria Around 1853, Schwab came to the United States. He rode the first stagecoach from Salt Lake City, Utah to Helena, Montana.   Edward Zimmerman was

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Ben Ezekiel: Early Jewish Pioneer and Civic Servant of Montana

Ben Ezekiel Values Codes I-E-L   Ben Ezekiel was born in 1827, in Tiverton, Devonshire, England. In 1841, Ben Ezekiel came to the United States at the age of 14.   The Montana Gold Rush In 1863, Ben Ezekiel settled in Alder Gulch, Montana as a miner at

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Moses & David Morris: Early Jewish Pioneers and Civic Leaders of Helena, Montana

Moses & David Morris Values Codes I – E – L   Moses Morris was born in 1844 in Posen, a Polish Provence recently taken over by Prussia. His brother, David Morris was born there in 1849. Their parents were Joachim Morris and Esther Schlesinger Morris.   Along the way

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Max Sklower, Early Jewish Pioneer Baker & Hotel Owner/Builder of Helena, Montana

Max Sklower Values Codes I – E – L   Max Sklower was born in 1842, in Prussia, Germany. He was a baker by trade.   Helena, Montana In 1866, Max Sklower came to America and headed West until he settled in Helena, Montana. In 1889, he was

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Marcus Lissner: Early Jewish Pioneer Water Merchant and Hotel Owner of Helena, Montana

Marcus Lissner Values Codes I – E – L   Marcus Lissner was born in 1834 in Prussia. In 1851, he came to America, where he joined his older brother in Georgia.   Along the way . . . . In the 1860s, Marcus Lissner decided to

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Lewis Hershfield: Early Jewish Pioneer Merchant & Banker of Helena, Montana

Lewis Hershfield Values Codes I – E – L   Lewis Hershfield was born in Utica, Oneida County, New York in 1836.   Along the way . . . In the early 1860s, Lewis Hershfield journeyed with a team of oxen from Leavenworth, Kansas to Central City, Colorado.

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