Colorado’s Oldest Continually-Operating Synagogue Forced To Shut Its Doors

By Kevin Strong
TRINIDAD, Colo. (CBS4) – Let’s set the stage. It’s 1865. Colorado is not yet a state. Settlers are beginning to stream in, following the railroads as they push east across the plains from the Mississippi Valley.
Settlements along centuries-old trade routes like the Santa Fe Trail find themselves at the center of this expansion. One such settlement, the suddenly-not-so-quiet ranching community of Trinidad, Colorado.
Among those looking to stake their fortunes in