Dan Meyers speaks with Miles Saltiel, a relative of a controversial Colorado mine owner who brought a group of Russian Jews to Cotopaxi in the late 1800s. Saltiel has written an article in the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Notes that sets out to clear the name of his relative who has long been accused of exploiting the immigrants.
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