Remington, Eliphalet, 1793-1861, American inventor, gunsmith, and arms manufacturer, b. Suffield, Conn. Trained in blacksmithing, he turned to gunsmithing at an early age. With his father he founded a firearms firm at Ilion, N.Y., and took over the firm upon his father's death (1828). He supplied the U.S. army with rifles in the Mexican War. In 1856 the business was expanded to include the manufacture of agricultural implements. His son, Philo Remington, 1816-89, b. Litchfield, Herkimer co., N.Y., directed the business during the Civil War, when the firm held many government contracts. The Remington firm later supplied the armies of several European countries with breech-loading rifles. In 1870 it began making sewing machines, and in 1873 Philo Remington became interested in the manufacturing of typewriters. The first Remington typewriter was exhibited in 1876 at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia.

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909, American painter, sculptor, illustrator, and writer, b. Canton, N.Y., studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts and the Art Students League. His subjects, drawn largely from his life on the Western plains, are chiefly horses, soldiers, Native Americans, and cowboys, each modeled or painted with sympathetic understanding and usually in spirited action. His paintings are exciting and accurate portrayals of the West and have been extensively reproduced in color prints. Replicas of his 23 bronzes appear in many museums and private collections. Remington was war correspondent for the Hearst papers in the Spanish-American War. An indefatigable worker, he completed more than 2,700 paintings and drawings, including illustrations for Century magazine, Collier's Weekly, Harper publications, and other periodicals. He wrote Pony Tracks (1895), Crooked Trails (1898), John Ermine of Yellowstone (1902), and other books. There is a Remington Art Memorial Museum at Ogdenburg, N.Y.

Remington, Philo: see under Remington, Eliphalet.

(born Oct. 4, 1861, Canton, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 26, 1909, near Ridgefield, Conn.) U.S. painter, illustrator, sculptor, and war correspondent. He studied at Yale University and New York's Art Students League. He traveled widely and specialized in depicting Native Americans, cowboys, soldiers, horses, and other aspects of life in the American West. His work is notable for its rendering of swift action and its accuracy of detail. He covered the Spanish-American War (1898) as a correspondent. The countless reproductions of his works as newspaper engravings brought him wealth and fame.

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(born Oct. 28, 1793, Suffield, Conn., U.S.—died Aug. 12, 1861, Ilion, N.Y.) U.S. firearms manufacturer and inventor. The son of a blacksmith, he grew up on his father's farm near Utica, N.Y., where he made his first flintlock rifle (1816). In 1828 he built a large arms factory at present-day Ilion, N.Y. He and his son Philo improved arms manufacture with the reflection method of straightening gun barrels and the first successful cast-steel, drilled rifle barrel made in the U.S. In 1847 he supplied the U.S. Navy with its first breech-loading rifle. His Remington Arms Co. made small arms for the U.S. government during the American Civil War and World Wars I and II.

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(born Oct. 4, 1861, Canton, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 26, 1909, near Ridgefield, Conn.) U.S. painter, illustrator, sculptor, and war correspondent. He studied at Yale University and New York's Art Students League. He traveled widely and specialized in depicting Native Americans, cowboys, soldiers, horses, and other aspects of life in the American West. His work is notable for its rendering of swift action and its accuracy of detail. He covered the Spanish-American War (1898) as a correspondent. The countless reproductions of his works as newspaper engravings brought him wealth and fame.

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(born Oct. 28, 1793, Suffield, Conn., U.S.—died Aug. 12, 1861, Ilion, N.Y.) U.S. firearms manufacturer and inventor. The son of a blacksmith, he grew up on his father's farm near Utica, N.Y., where he made his first flintlock rifle (1816). In 1828 he built a large arms factory at present-day Ilion, N.Y. He and his son Philo improved arms manufacture with the reflection method of straightening gun barrels and the first successful cast-steel, drilled rifle barrel made in the U.S. In 1847 he supplied the U.S. Navy with its first breech-loading rifle. His Remington Arms Co. made small arms for the U.S. government during the American Civil War and World Wars I and II.

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Remington is a town in Carpenter Township, Jasper County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,323 at the 2000 census.

History

Remington was first laid out in 1860 by Jesse H. Fordice. It was originally called Carpenter, after Carpenter's Creek where a railroad station had been established, around which the town grew. The name was later changed to Remington, the name of the owner of the second store in the village. The main trade was in grain, as the area consisted of excellent prairie farmland; the town's position on the Pittsburgh, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad made it a good location for such trade. The first grain elevator was built in 1870 by Church and Hartley; the second was built by the Hathaway Brothers in 1872; and in 1879, James Irvin built a third. In 1883 the population was about 900.

Geography

Remington is located on at (40.762736, -87.151676), about 90 miles northwest of Indianapolis and about 90 miles southeast of Chicago. It is about a mile west of Interstate 65; U.S. Route 24 and U.S. Route 231 pass through the town.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.7 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,323 people, 532 households, and 353 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,279.7 people per square mile (495.9/km²). There were 557 housing units at an average density of 538.8/sq mi (208.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.72% White, 0.15% African American, 0.68% Asian, 0.08% from other races, and 0.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.06% of the population.

There were 532 households out of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the town the population was spread out with 27.7% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $37,037, and the median income for a family was $45,735. Males had a median income of $34,135 versus $20,833 for females. The per capita income for the town was $17,184. About 4.4% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.4% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

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