L.A. Huffman (1854 to 1931)
Laton Alton Huffman opened his first photographic studio in December 1878 at the military post of Fort Keogh, Montana Territory where he made portraits of the soldiers, Indians and cowboys near the fort, and buffaloes. Venturing beyond, he photographed the Custer battlefield site. He moved his studio to Miles City but the economic depression of 1890 destroyed business and he closed shop traveling to California, Chicago. In 1896 he returned to Montana and opened studios in Billings and Miles City, the last of which closed in 1905. He died on December 28, 1931. His career spanning twenty-five years created an important documentation of frontier and Indian life.
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