George Alexander Bruffey was a Livingston, Montana rancher. He also owned a Fish Creek general store and was a Butte miner. He was also involved with the Fish Creek Stage Station. He wrote an autobiography, "Eighty-one Years in the West"in 1925. He also served as the Fish Creek Post Master from 1876-1889. Elected to the State Legislature in 1896. In later life active in the Society of Montana Pioneers. He died in 1928.