Jewish Ranchers: At Home on the Range
Jewish Pioneers and their descendants have worked the land too. In
their history Pioneer Jews, the Rochlin's wrote of Jewish
pioneers who entered the livestock industry and how they worked "from
cowpoke and shepherd to cattle tycoon and sheep baron." (p. 73)
In the Southwest for example, Sol
Floersheim began working for the Charles Ilfeld Company in Las Vegas,
New Mexico, in 1880. Floersheim, who was a colorful character in his own
right, passed his passion for ranching on to his son Milton and grandson
David. Milton and David both graduated from Colorado State College with
degrees in animal husbandry. [PJ:73]
The Bloom Archives contains several images depicting the Jewish
ranching experience.
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