frederic Remington Canton, NY
Raised in New York Known as a troublemaker Always making jokes Did not do well in school Not that many blizzard bucks!!! Loved sports & drawing with chalk
Attended yale for art Bored in art class Played football Won championship No pads, helmets Loved the excitement & a team hero
Admired his dad, who was a civil war hero Taught Frederic to be respectful of horses & told him stories of cowboys
At 19, left for montana & rode through the west One night around a campfire, spoke with a wagon driver about the wild west changing Wild West would be gone and replaced with people & buildings Decided at that moment to record the Wild West before it disappeared
Captured the world of cowboys
Cowboys in action
Captured the world of native americans
Captured the world of horses
Hired as an illustrator for popular magazines
Friends with president teddy roosevelt
Created 25 bronze sculptures of horses
3K to capture the Wild West
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