Senin, 09 Januari 2017

Indian Agent John Clum Seized Geronimo’s Rifle and Had the Apache Leader Shackled

The Springfield is on display at the Arizona Historical Society. John Philip Clum (1851–1932)played many roles in the Southwest—soldier, newspaper publisher, mayor of Tombstone, friend of Wyatt Earp and agent at the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona Territory from August 1874 to July1877. Clum was the only man ever to capture Geronimo—on April …

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