| December |
Remington begins illustrations for a series of articles titled “After Geronimo” for Outing magazine; becomes close friends with the editor, Poultney Bigelow. |
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| 1886 |
Studio portrait of Francis Parkman, inscribed to Remington; photo by Hardy, 493 Washington St., Boston |
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| Ca. 1886 |
“Mohave Jim,” photo by Daniel A. Markey, Arizona Territory |
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| 1886 |
An Arizona cowboy, photo taken by Remington, Arizona Territory. |
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| Ca. 1886 |
Indians in Arizona Territory. |
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| 1886 |
Three Arizona cowboys, photo taken by Remington, Arizona Territory. |
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| Ca. 1886 |
Freight teams crossing the Gila River at San Carlos, Arizona Territory. |
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| Ca. 1886 |
“The officers of the 10th U.S. Cav. At Fort Grant Arizona Ty.,” including Remington’s friend, Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke. |
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| 1886 |
An Arizona cowboy, photo taken by Remington, Arizona Territory. |
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| 1886 |
An Arizona cowboy, photo taken by Remington, Arizona Territory. |
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| 1886 |
An Arizona cowboy, photo taken by Remington, Arizona Territory. |
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| 1886 |
Two Arizona cowboys, photo taken by Remington, Arizona Territory. |
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| January |
The Remingtons move into a larger apartment in Brooklyn, the third floor of a brownstone; one of the rooms is turned into a studio. |
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For 1887, Remington’s earnings are more than doubled over the previous year |
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Over the next two years, almost 250 drawings by Remington are published—a remarkable record for an American illustrator. |
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| February |
Remington exhibits his work for the first time at the American Water-Color Society in its 20th Annual Exhibition; his watercolor sells for $85, a large sum for a work at the time. |
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| March |
Remington exhibits his work (also a watercolor) for the first time at the 62nd Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design; priced at $250, it fails to sell. |
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| April |
Remington travels on the Northern Pacific Railway through North Dakota and Montana to Custer, Wyoming, where he gets a stage to the Crow Indian Agency. From there he goes by rail to Calgary, Canada, thence to the Blackfoot Indian Reservation, south of the Bow River, before returning east via the Canadian Pacific Railway. |
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| May |
Remington’s first article, “Coursing Rabbits on the Plains,” appears in Outing magazine. |
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| Summer |
Remington stays in Canton with his mother’s family; every day he paints oil studies of the Sackrider horses in various poses, using the barn as a studio. |
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| September |
The Remingtons return to New York and move into an apartment in the posh Marlborough House in Manhattan near Columbus Circle, for a rent of $50 a month; Remington begins riding horses in Central Park almost daily. |
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| November 3 |
Remington writes Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke: “Say old top when you write me write sort of descriptive like—all that you see and do down there while it is stale matter to you is of great interest to the undersigned—tell me what you do and what U.S. soldiers do these days—write any observations you make or hear relative to Indians or Mexicans—who knows but what you might inspire me to make an illustration. |
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| Ca. 1887 |
Two Indian women on the prairie with a pack horse and travois. |
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| Ca. 1887 |
”Medicine Man and Winnepeg Jack,” Blackfeet at Gleichen, Alberta. |
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| Ca. 1887 |
Remington doing a study of a mule at the Sackrider farm in Canton, New York. |
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| Ca. 1887 |
Hair in Knot (Pisquapita), a Cree Indian, standing in front of his tipi near Calgary. |
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| Ca. 1887 |
Crowfoot (Sopomoxo), the Blackfoot chief; photo by Ross, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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| Ca. 1887 |
Fort Keogh, Montana. |
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Picturesque California, edited by the naturalist John Muir with four plates by Remington is published; the four plates are also offered separately as individual prints. |
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Remington’s earnings for 1888 totaled about $8000, more than fifteen times the average annual pay of a wage earner. |
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| February |
Remington exhibits a watercolor at the 21st Annual Exhibition of the American Water-Color Society; it is chosen to be illustrated in the catalogue. |
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| February |
Remington creates eighty-three illustrations that begin to appear in a series of articles by Theodore Roosevelt in The Century Magazine, later published in book form as Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail. |
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| April |
Remington wins the Hallgarten Prize for young artists and the Clark Prize at the 63rd Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design for his 1887 painting, Return of the Blackfoot War Party (Anschutz Collection). |
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| June-July |
Remington travels to New Mexico and Arizona for The Century Magazine; visits Lieutenant Powhatan Clarke at Fort Grant and accompanies him on a two-week scout on horseback with the Buffalo Soldiers among the Apaches near San Carlos in eastern Arizona. Remington befriends Lieutenant Carter Johnson of the 10th Cavalry and hears of his exploits with the Cheyenne. Returning east, he stays three days at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, observing the Cheyenne. He keeps a journal during his trip, writing notes on color and making observations about the people he meets. |
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| June 22 |
Remington writes to Eva about his experiences: “We just returned this afternoon from a two weeks’ scout up as far as the Perial Mountains. The particulars are so numerous as to furnish me material for many pictures.” |
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| July 1 |
Remington writes Eva that he “spent a day in Fort Worth… had a devil of a time. |
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| August |
Remington spends the month in Canton, writing articles and painting; on his return to New York the following month, he exults, “I am rushed to death, got two MS—25 Century illustrations—4 chromos—a Harper page & oil painting to make before the end of next month and that wont give me much time [to] monkey.” |
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| December 1 |
Remington’s “A Peccary Hunt in Northern Mexico” is published in Harper’s Weekly. |
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| Ca. 1888 |
Chatto, the Apache chief; photo by Henry Buehman, Tuscon, Arizona Territory |
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| Ca. 1888 |
Remington on horseback, with his notation at the bottom: “Whose de Mug?” |
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| Ca. 1888 |
A Blackfoot man holding a tack-studded rifle and standing with his horse in front of a tipi; photo by Notman, New York City |
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| Ca. 1888 |
Remington’s photo of a western stagecoach and horses. |
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| Ca. 1888 |
Unidentified Indian man on horseback; photo by William Notman and Sons, Montreal,Ca.ada |
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| Ca. 1888 |
Mannay, the Apache Chief; photo by Henry Buehman, Tuscon, Arizona Territory |
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| Ca. 1888 |
Geronimo, the Apache leader; photo by N. Choate,Ca.lisle, Pennsylvania |
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| Ca. 1888 |
Remington’s photo of a pack horse outfit on the prairie. |
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| 1888 |
Studio portrait of and a Remington. |
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| Ca. 1888 |
Mangas, the Apache Chief; photo by Henry Buehman, Tuscon, Arizona Territory |
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| Ca. 1888 |
Remington clowning around with fellow artists in New York; photo by Langill and Darling, New York City |
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| Ca. 1888 |
Indian camp on the Blackfoot Reserve, Canada; photo by Notman, New York City |
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