Cutter was originally a railroad station constructed 11 miles south of Engle as another water stop for the railroad.  It was primarily a shipping point for ore from the Caballo Mountains and Hillsboro and for transporting supplies through the Palomas Gap to the west side of the Rio Grande.  Cutter reached a population of 3,500 during the mining boom of the 1890s.  The last original building was torn down in 1956.  A new settlement has sprung up centered around the established ranches.  The only remains of the original town of Cutter is one railroad sign.