Object ID	XXXX.053
Object Name	Records
Abstract	The Bad Axe Collection contains correspondence about the colony, genealogies about colony members, articles and clippings, and photographs.
Admin/Biog History	The Bad Axe Colony, called Palestine by the residents, was a Jewish agricultural settlement in Bad Axe, Michigan. Begun in 1891 by sixteen orthodox Russian Jewish immigrants, the colony declined and disappeared by the turn of the century. The group received assistance from Temple Beth El and Baro de HIrsch Fund (NY).
Catalog date	11/13/2001
Collection	Bad Axe (Palestine) Collection
Container	1 MS box, 1 OS Folder
Dates of Accumulation	unknown
Finding Aids	A finding aid is available.
Level of description	Fonds
Home location	Rabbi Leo M. Franklin Archives Stacks.
Search Terms	Bad Axe Colony/agriculture/Heidenreich/Heidenreich, Samuel/ Heidenreich, Shmuel/
Title	The Bad Axe (Palestine) Collection

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