Selasa, 23 Januari 2018

Dutch Bill Greiffenstein Helped Found Wichita

Once a trusted trader, he turned to building a town. Dutch Bill Greiffenstein lost his young Cheyenne wife before the November 1868 Battle of the Washita and a young fortune afterward when Lieutenant Colonel George Custer killed some of his best customers and Greiffenstein himself was forced to beat it out of Indian Territory under …

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