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Dr. George A. Cutler  George
was the youngest son of Major Jervis Cutler, an early pioneer of Ohio.
He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on Christmas day 1832.
He studied medicine at the University Medical College in New York
City graduating in 1853.
Upon graduation, Dr. Cutler moved to Missouri and set up his first medical practice before moving to Kansas Territory in 1854, where he was active in the political arena of the area. During the early part of Lincoln's administration, Dr. Cutler was appointed United States Indian Agent for the Creeks, doing much to alleviate their wants and placing them in comfortable circumstances. Upon resignation from the Indian services in 1864, Dr. Cutler moved to Texas, settling in Sherman. When the M.K. & T. Railroad approached Texas, Dr. Cutler was induced to f ound a newspaper for the new town that the Railroad Company intended on building on the Red River; Dr. Cutler agreed and published his Red River Journal from a tent in the woods. Unusual for the times, Dr. Cutler printed his first issue of the Red River Journal with red headlines, which was the talk of paper across the country. Starting at zero population, the town [Denison] grew to 3,000 inhabitants in the first 100 days. It is said that as soon as the railroad crossed the Red River, a stream of settlers began arriving. Before Denison was established a tent city of sorts sprang up near Red River at a site that has never been definitely established. Some of the many stories about Red River City possibly are true and others probably are not. The tent city is believed to have been east of the railroad tracks and near the south banks of Red River. The frontier village was so temporary that five years after its founding, nothing was left but one log cabin. When Denison's location was announced, Cutler picked up his operation and moved to the new town and began publishing the Denison Journal, jointly with Floyd Perry Baker. When the lots went on sale in Denison, the inhabitants of Red River City saw the handwriting on the wall and realized the boom would be in Denison. So, they began moving en masse to the new town. The move was a simple step for most, who only had to take down their tents and pitch them a little farther south. Others only had to roll up their bedrolls and move. Seeing what Dr. Cutler had done in Grayson County, a committee approached him, offering him $2,500 to publish a paper in Dallas. He founded the Dallas Daily Commercial, which became one of the leading dailies in the State. His reputation was one of the leading journalists of Texas as well as being one of the organizers of the Texas Press Association.  Dallas Weekly Herald In
1881 Dr. Cutler returned to Kansas, setting up a drug store and
medicine practice near Arkansas City. Doctors moved to the small
town to treat patients with the curative waters from the springs.
Dr. Cutler's stay in the area was only 6 years, after which he
left for California to help establish a colony in 1888. From 1890
through 1900, Dr. Cutler lived in Los Angeles and entered into the drug
business. From 1900 until his death in 1903, Dr. Cutler lived and
continued his drug business in San Francisco.March 27, 1875 pg. 3  Denison Daily News March 15, 1879 pg. 4  The San Francisco Call March 23, 1903 pg. 9  Dr. Cutler is buried in Olivet Cemetery, Colma, California. Dallas Public Library holdings
Sources William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas; Shawnee County, Part 20 George A. Cutler Donna Hunt. "Katy Gives City of Denison a Jump Start," Herald Democrat, December 27, 2009  Biography Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |