The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 665

COLMAN ROSENSTEIN.

Commercial activity in Toppenish finds a worthy and progressive representative
in Colman Rosenstein, a dealer in men's furnishings and clothing. During the
period of his residence in this city, dating from December, 1910, he has built
up a business of substantial proportions. He was born in Roumania in 1880, a son
of Mendel and Rachel Rosenstein, who were also natives of that country and in
the year 1907 crossed the Atlantic and became residents of Chicago, where the
father died and the mother still makes her home.

it was in 1900 that Colman Rosenstein came to the United States, but he did not
tarry on the Atlantic coast or even in the central section of the country but
crossed the continent to California, where he began work on farms. Later he
clerked for two years in a store and subsequently he spent six years as a
bricklayer in the employ of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. In 1907 he
took up his abode at Portland, Oregon, where he worked for the Portland Sash &
Door Company, and in this way he gained the capital that enabled him to engage
in business on his own account. All through his previous career he was actuated
by the laudable ambition of some day entering the mercantile field as proprietor
of a store and his energy, industry and economy enabled him at length to
accomplish his purpose. He opened a men's furnishing goods establishment in
Portland and continued in the trade in that city for eight months. In July,
1910, he removed to Goldendale, Washington, where he purchased a store, but
disposed of it in December of the same year and removed to Toppenish, bringing
his stock of goods with him overland. He then opened a store on First avenue,
where he remained for four and a half years, after which he secured a location
on South Toppenish avenue, where he has since continued. He carries a large line
of clothing and men's furnishings and his business has steadily grown and
developed. He has made it his purpose to please his patrons and his enterprise
and progressiveness are manifest in the excellent stock which he carries and in
the success which has attended his venture.

On the 15th of August, 1910, Mr. Rosenstein was married to Miss Ethel Cohan, who
was then living in Portland but is a native of Roumania. His political
endorsement is given to the republican party. He became a citizen of the United
States in 1915 and is a loyal supporter of its interests. He was elected to the
city council in 1916 by his fellow townsmen, who recognized his worth and
ability and his devotion to the welfare of the community. That he proved loyal
to the trust reposed in him is indicated in the fact that he is now serving in
the position for the third term, at all times exercising his official
prerogatives for the benefit and upbuilding of the city. Mr. Rosenstein has
become the owner of an attractive home in Toppenish and he also has property in
Portland, which stands as a monument to his thrift and well directed business
activities. He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to
America when a young man of twenty years, for on this side of the Atlantic he
found the opportunities which he sought. He did not think that success was to be
had for the asking, but recognized that industry will always win its reward and
by reason of unfaltering perseverance in business and straightforward dealing he
has made steady advancement and is now classed among the representative
merchants of his adopted city.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.