He is gathering personal histories of the Leadville Jewish community. Deborah M. Burek, ed. The two graves in evidence on the Jewish knoll are unmarked by names or other identifying information. This knoll is west of the Catholic knoll. Forks of a mountain stream separate the knolls.
Wooden footbridges cross from one to the other.
The high ranges of the Rocky Mountains make a dramatic background. The cemetery is perhaps a half-mile up hill from the town. Further, a mile or two over 4WD path, is one of the now-defunct major mines of the last century. When I first visited the cemetery in 1952, three wooden headboards on the Jewish Knoll had rotted at their bases but were still at the grave sites with no sign of other burials. The names and dates were legible and indicated that three infants of one family were buried there.