Huffman came to Montana Territory in 1878 to
become post photographer at Fort Keogh, the army
post, and later opened a studio in Miles City.
Round about him in this land of the Yellowstone,
Missouri, Big Horn and Powder Rivers, stretched
miles of open country; unfenced and not yet
spanned by railway. Here was the last place in
America where the Indian subsisted on buffalo
meat, tanned skins for his lodge and used the
robe for his blanket. Huffman
photographed Indian warriors, buffalo herds and
cowboys in greater extent and detail than was
ever done. With a crude, homemade camera he made
his early photographs on glass plates. From
horseback or from well chosen points of view he
preserved this heritage with great patience and
skill.
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Huffman's Studio
Miles City, Montana, Late 1800's |