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Frederic Remington.............................1
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Boot Tracks.........................................6
Afloat on Lake Mead...........................7
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November 2002 Departments
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Frederic Remington. . . ○ five troops of the 7th Cavalry, turned to
at the Battle of the Little Bighorn with
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○ Remington for illustrations in her book.
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Painter and Sculptor of the Old West ○ Significantly, Remington’s talent
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oils. He was also a brilliant sculptor. His
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bronzes are prized and enduring portray-
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○ als of the West. The Mountain Man is
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○ full of action, with horse and rider de-
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○ scending a steep slope. And you can
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○ almost feel the anxiety of the rider try-
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ing to hang on in The Bronco Buster.
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Remington’s own favorite is The Rattle-
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snake, in which a cowboy’s horse
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by Chuck Kleber ○ and even across the border into ○ violently rears up in surprise before the
Mexico—Remington’s own fascination ○
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hen Frederic Remington died ○ with the adventure, characters and color ○ Much of Frederic Remington’s work
in 1909, President Theodore ○ ○ of the West appeared in his drawings and ○ was done in New Rochelle, New York,
WRoosevelt said, “The soldier, ○ paintings. He had fallen in love with the ○ where he lived for many years with his
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the cowboy and rancher, the Indian, the ○ spirit of it all, and it showed. He painted ○ wife, Eva. Their imposing home was
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horse and cattle of the plains, will live ○ The Sentinel during this period, a por- ○ ○
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in his pictures, I verily believe, for all ○ trayal of a Papago Indian guarding a ○
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time.” It was high praise indeed from ○ mission from the Apaches. He captured ○
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someone who loved the West, as did ○ excitement and danger as no other art- ○
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Remington. ○ ist. His oil, A Dash for the Timber, shows ○
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Born in upstate New York in 186l ○ cowboys in a desperate dash for cover, ○ ○
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to a prosperous family, Remington at- ○ their horses at full gallop with pursuing ○ ○
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tended the Massachusetts Military ○ Indians close behind. ○
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Academy, where sketching classmates ○ One enthusiastic editor wrote, “Here ○
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became one of his initial artistic efforts. ○ was the real thing . . . native genius deal- ○
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Then it was on to Yale University’s ○ ing with Mexican ponies, cowboys, cac- ○ ○
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School of Fine Arts. In 1882, the 21 ○ tus, lariats and sombreros . . . .” A critic ○ ○
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year-old Remington sold his first illus- ○ praised his “stark reality” of the West.
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tration, a pen and ink sketch, to Harper’s ○ By 1888, Teddy Roosevelt had become ○ ○
Weekly. They were so impressed with ○ ○ such an avid admirer of Remington’s ○
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the young man’s work that before long, ○ work that he asked Century Magazine ○
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he was sent to some of the most rugged to use his illustrations for TR’s articles. ○ The Rattlesnake
areas of the West to bring it to life for ○ ○ His fame was now secure. Elizabeth ○ ○
their readers. Colorado, New Mexico, ○ Custer, widow of the general who died ○ ○ Remington, continued on page 7
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