Rabu, 28 Maret 2018

Baron Walter von Richthofen: The Red Baron’s American Uncle

He invested in cattle, beer and milk in Denver, but his legacy is a castle. Getting rich or going broke can be a simple matter of timing. That’s how it worked out for Baron Walter von Richthofen, uncle and godfather of Manfred von Richthofen, the famed German flying ace of World War I. Frontier America’s …

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