The Frank Finkel Story
Did Dayton pioneer survive the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
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-Chronicle photo by Loyal Baker
This painting hangs in the Custer Battlefield Interpretive Center near Crow Agency, Montana. The late Frank Finkel, one of Dayton's early pioneers, contended that he was a survivor–perhaps the only survivor–of General George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry.
By Gary Lentz
Retired Ranger
Lewis and Clark Trail State Park
Special to the Dayton Chronicle
DAYTON–Was the late Frank Finkel, who arrived in Dayton in 1878, two years after the infamous "Custer's Last Stand," actually a survivor of the battle? That topic was the subject of a talk given by retired park ranger Gary Lentz at the Blue Mountain Heritage Society's 12th Annual Ground Hog Dinner fundrai...
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