Thomas Cruse: Prospector, Banker, and Rancher

Thomas Cruse

Life of a

Montana Pioneer

Marysville and Helena

 

John H. Sandy

 

 

Thomas Cruse

Born, March 18, 1836, County Cavan, Ireland
Died, December 20, 1914, Helena, Montana, U.S.A.

  • Prospector
  • Mine Owner
  • Rancher
  • Banker
  • Philanthropist

In 1894, Joaquin Miller described Thomas Cruse as a man who “has the highest confidence and good will of his fellow citizens. He is a man of too much solid sense to be injured by his prosperity, and he understands making a laudable and judicious use of the things of this world which it has been his good fortune to acquire.” Further, Miller would go on to say, he [Cruse] is “a devout member of the Catholic Church.”

Thomas Cruse
Thomas J. Cruse, early Montana pioneer. A man of honor and good will while caring for family and friends. Photo courtesy Montana Historical Society.

A digital copy of this article is in UA’s Institutional Repository in Tucclaoosa.





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