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207:. In May 1864, Cherry Creek was destroyed by a flood. The family returned to Leavenworth by 1865, where their daughter Belle was born. Two other infant children were born and died there. Jacob and his partner Jacob Weil sold wool and animal hides.
257:. She also established the Red River Social Club that offered dining, dancing, reading, and singing. Her children attended school and college away from home about 1885. In 1888, she sold her cattle to Wilson Waddingham who established
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