Tag: Italian American
Michele “Michael” LaGuardia
The son of Vincenzo and Rosa (Sileo) LaGuardia, Michele “Michael” LaGuardia was born in Potenza, Italy in 1873. At the age...
Trinidad’s Gerardi Mercantile
Born in 1845 in Viggiano, Italy—a town in the southern Italian province of Potenza—Pascal Gerardi came to the U.S. in...
Bird of Passage: Savino Beiletti
Like migrant workers today Italian “birds of passage” left their homes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth-centuries to find...
Left on the Field: Colorado’s Semi-Pro and Amateur Baseball Teams
Baseball is timeless in its ability to unify players, fans, and communities. Stepping onto the field transforms ballplayers into comrades,...
Almadora “Emma” (Iannacito/Cito) Carpanzano/Carpenter
Almadora “Emma” Iannacito was born in Louisville, Colorado in 1905, above the Track Inn tavern. The daughter of Amadore and...
Samuel “Sam” Aiello Carpanzano/Carpenter
The oldest of five children, Samuel “Sam” Aiello Carpanzano was born in Chicago in 1902. Around 1910, his family, including...
A Closer Look: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
When Italian Americans moved out of the Bottoms area along the South Platte River to north Denver, many began to...
A Closer Look: The Mount Carmel Society
In 1891, Michele Notary and Giacomo DiGiacomo organized the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society, the forerunner of the Our...
Italy in Colorado: The Denver Colony
The growth of Denver’s Italian colony kept pace with the surging numbers of Italian immigrants settling in the United States...
Eugene Piro
During the Italians of Colorado documentation project (2002-2007) I met with numerous families to record the Italian American experience in...