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Dayton resident claimed to survive Custer's Last Stand

DAYTON–There's an interesting video available online that includes numerous mentions of Our Fair City in connection with one of its most famous inhabitants, Frank Finkel.

Finkel, as has been described in past editions of the Dayton Chronicle, in 1923 and 2020 and inbetween, was said to be the only survivor of Custer's Last Stand. Frank Smith Finkel died August 28, 1930, at the age of 76 and is bur...

 
 
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