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Bonfils Building
Historical Marker
Location
of sign - Historical District Downtown Guthrie, Oklahoma
Photo
taken - July 2007
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
The 1890 City Directory
lists 107 S. 2nd as F. C. Bonfils Real Estate with residence on 2nd
floor. Son of a Missouri Judge and
descendant of Napoleon,
he was 28 when he joined the Land Run of 1889. A colorful con man
and lottery promoter, he had but
one intention - - to make
money for Bonfils. His confidence games forced him to leave town
after constructing this first native stone
business building in
Guthrie. Among his schemes was selling town lots in Oklahoma City at
bargain prices - - but they were in
Oklahoma City, Texas, not
Oklahoma, as most supposed. Bonfils was also involved in a
"money-making machine" which duped
early settlers into
believing the machine actually made large bills from small ones.
He later went to Denver
and was co-founder of the Denver Post newspaper. He died 1932, a
wealthy and nationally influential
figure.
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