Thomas H. Rutter Photograph Collection 1888-1900

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Thomas H. Rutter Photograph Collection 1888-1900

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Photographs of Tacoma, Washington, surrounding Puget Sound areas and portraits of Yakima Indians

18 photographic prints; 1 box

eng,

University of Washington Libraries Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6367463

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Rutter, Thomas H., 1837-1925

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Thomas H. Rutter was born on January 1, 1837 in Truro, Cornwall, England and worked as a veterinarian before immigrating to the United States. During the Civil war, in July, 1861, he enlisted in Company M of the 1st New York Cavalry as a farrier. He was honorably discharged by February 1862 because of a disability. Enticed by reports of a gold rush, he moved to the Montana Territory in 1864 and established mining claims in and around Bannack, Butte, Highland and Last Chance Gulch, M...