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  Remington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remington, Virginia is a town located in Fauquier County, Virginia, USA.
Frederic Remington (4 October 1861–26 December 1909) was an American painter and sculptor who specialized in depictions of the American West.
Remington Steele was an American television detective series first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Remington   (266 words)

  
 Remington Arms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remington Arms is a major American manufacturer of rifles, shotguns, other firearms, and ammunition.
It was founded in 1816 by Eliphalet Remington in Ilion, New York, as E.
Remington began its long history in 1816, when young Eliphalet Remington II believed he could build a better gun than he could buy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Remington_Arms   (731 words)

  
 Frederic Remington
Remington was born in Canton in northern New York on October 4, 1861.
Remington's achievement was to fuse observation and imagination so seamlessly that his contemporaries assumed he had actually witnessed what he portrayed.
Remington had been exhibiting in major art shows since 1888, and was seeking recognition as not just an illustrator, but an artist in the recognized sense of the term.
www.sidrmuseum.org /fredr.html   (474 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Remington Rand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Remington Rand was an early American computer manufacturer, best known as the original maker of the UNIVAC I, and now part of Unisys.
From 1942 to 1945, Remington Rand was one manufacturer of the 1911A1 pistol used by the United States Armed Forces during World War II.
The Remington Rand Building at 315 Park Avenue in New York City is a 20-floor skyscraper completed in 1911.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Remington_Rand   (295 words)

  
 Frederic Remington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederic Remington was related by family bloodlines to Indian portrait artist George Catlin and cowboy sculptor Earl W. Bascom.
He was in time to capture images of the western United States before the area was considered closed by virtue of the subduing of the wilder elements and the inroads of civilization that ended the frontier lifestyle.
In 1898 Remington was a war correspendent and illustrator for the Spanish-American War, sent to provide illustrations for William Randolph Hearst.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederic_Remington   (513 words)

  
 Frederic Remington, (1861-1909) - Lawrence J. Cantor and Company
The son of a newspaper publisher, Remington was born in Canton, New York in 1861.
Remington sold the ranch in 1884, and established a studio in Kansas City, Missouri.
Remington died in Ridgefield, Connecticut in 1909 after a sudden attack of appendicitis, leaving a legacy of more than 2,750 paintings and drawings and 25 sculptures from which multiple casts were made.
fineoldart.com /browse_by_essay.html?essay=413   (507 words)

  
 E. Remington and Sons - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Remington and Sons (1816-1886) was a manufacturer of firearms and typewriters.
To meet the increased demand for rifle barrels, in 1828 the Remingtons moved their forge and foundry from its rural setting to 100 acres (0.4 km²) of land they had purchased astride the canal and abutting the Mohawk River near a town then called Morgan's Landing (later Ilion), New York.
The Remington Arms Company supplied a large proportion of the small arms used by the United States government in the Civil War (1861 to 1865) and in World War I (U.S. involvement 1917 to 1918) and World War II (U.S. involvement 1941 to 1945).
www.netipedia.com /index.php/E._Remington_and_Sons   (638 words)

  
 No. 590: Frederic Remington
Remington was 15 when Custer lay hold on the American imagination with his fiasco.
Remington reflected all the racism and imperialism that was America in 1900.
Remington's blind side let him show us a West that was good and true, when the real West was morally flawed.
www.uh.edu /engines/epi590.htm   (525 words)

  
 Frederic Remington
Remington's gift was a huge one, a boyish one, a strongly journalistic and illustrative one, coupled easily with his secondary gift for words.
(Remington, who had been described by a young army friend years before as "a big, goodnatured, overgrown boy [whose] gait was an easy waddle," was something of a crowd all by himself.) A still bigger house and studio (Remington looked leisurely, but he worked hard) were built in 1908 on thirteen acres in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Remington found himself watching with interest, and by late that fall, with some prodding from Ruckstull, he had given shape to his own first sculpture.
www.artchive.com /artchive/R/remington.html   (1923 words)

  
 Remington Society of America Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
In 1997, the Remington Society was invited to put on an unprecedented exhibit of Remington firearms at the Cody Firearms Museum, in Cody, Wyoming.
In the summer of 2000 RSA was invited to exhibit Remington firearms that were relevant to an island on the coast of Southern Georgia in the late 19th and early 20th Century.
Remington arms owned by RSA members and sold by the company between 1888 and 1933 were on display all summer long.
www.remingtonsociety.com /whatisRSA.shtml   (749 words)

  
 American Masters . Frederic Remington | PBS
More than anything, in fact, it was Remington’s connection with the eastern fantasy of the West, and not a true knowledge of its history and people, that his admirers responded to.
Remington briefly interrupted his work with Western themes in 1898 when he went to Cuba as a war correspondent and illustrator during the Spanish Civil War.
As the end of the 19th century brought the closing of the frontier, Remington immortalized the Western experience as one of independence, individualism, and stoic heroism.
www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/remington_f.html   (584 words)

  
 Remington fiberglass rifle stocks by McMillan Fiberglass Stocks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Remington Hunter is a beautifully designed stock with a monte carlo and cheek piece as well as a small palm swell.
Remington Sporter is a fine, classic style hunting rifle stock, with a traditional design that includes a shadow-line cheek piece, straight comb, and borderless checkering on the forend and pistol gripThe forend is large enough to take a #5 barrel contour.
Remington Mountain Rifle is a classic stock with a cheek piece, can be used as a replacement for any factory mountain rifle, or to convert a standard ADL or BDL rifle to a mountain rifle.
www.mcmfamily.com /mfsinc_n/remington.html   (626 words)

  
 Frederick sackrider Remington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Perhaps the best known of all of the artists of the American West, Frederic Remington was born at Canton, New York, and studied art at Yale University before making his first trip into the West in 1881.
Over the next four years Remington returned often to the West, usually on assignments from various publishers, to document life on the settling frontier.
Remington ultimately became one of the highest paid illustrators of his day.
www.joslyn.org /permcol/west/pages/reming.html   (254 words)

  
 Remington College, Tempe Campus, Arizona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
When you attend Remington College, you will be taught by a faculty that meets or exceeds the rigorous standards established by a nationally recognized accreditation agency — one that is recognized by the United States Department of Education, and by the various State regulatory agencies or Commissions charged with oversight of privately owned colleges.
Remington College is also approved for program participation by the Veterans Administration and certain other government-sponsored student assistance programs.
Remington College is just a little more personal than you might expect a college to be.
www.remingtoncollege.edu /tempe/index.html   (751 words)

  
 Remington College
Remington College designs their programs so that they are academically sound and relevant to student needs and employer demands.
Remington College is nationally accredited, and the College's facilities meet or exceed Federal and State standards.
Remington College campuses do not deny admission or discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, religion, national origin, veterans status, disability, or sexual orientation.
www.education-online-search.com /schools/remington_college   (407 words)

  
 Gunnersden.com/Remington
Remington Nitro Steel 12 ga. 3", velocity is a hot 1500 fps.
Remington has recently introduced a new, high performance 12 gauge ported choke tube designed specifically for turkey hunting.
The remington model 870 mossy oak® break-up camouflage synthetic stock/forend are built out of tough fiberglass reinforced synthetic materials that will weather the toughest of hunting conditions.
www.gunnersden.com /index.htm.remington-accessories.html   (270 words)

  
 223 Remington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Shortly after the military adopted the cartridge, Remington brought out the sporting version, which has largely replaced the 222 Remington and 222 Remington Magnum in popularity.
The 223 Remington is nearly identical to the 222 Remington Magnum, the only difference is the 223 has a slightly shorter case.
The 223 Remington has proven to be an effective military cartridge for fighting in the jungle or forested areas and for close-in fire support, and has been improved lately by NATO with heavier (SS109 designed by FN of Belgium) bullets fired through a fast twist (1 in 7 inch) barrels.
www.reloadbench.com /cartridges/223.html   (793 words)

  
 Remington Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Remington Farmers Mutual is an Indiana Company and is owned and operated by the policyholders.
Remington Farmers is licensed to write fire, lightning, extended coverage, multiperil and wind insurance in Indiana.
Remington Farmers Mutual Insurance Company was organized in January 1897 and has been in continuous operation since that date.
www.remingtonfarmers.com /about.htm   (134 words)

  
 Oklahoma City Remington Park
Remington Park is a horse racing facility in Oklahoma City with two tracks that feature thoroughbred and quarter horse racing.
Remington Park's inaugural meet was held on September 1, 1988.
Remington Park averaged 11,130 in daily attendance and $1,088,683 in daily handle during its inaugural season.
www.win4real.com /tips/racebook/horse-racing-tracks/oklahoma-city-remington-park.html   (262 words)

  
 Frederic Remington Art Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Remington's paintings and sculptures are owned by museums and private collectors throughout the world, with the largest collection located here in Ogdensburg at the Frederic Remington Art Museum.
Remington is credited as being the primary imagemaker of the historic west.
The mansion was Eva Remington's home after Frederic's passing, where she lived with her sister Emma from 1915 to 1918.
www.1000islands.com /ogdensburg/remington/fredrem.htm   (402 words)

  
 Points West Article - Exhibition Details Search for Frederic Remington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
To acknowledge Remington's importance, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center began, in 1984, to compile a catalogue raisonné of his finished oil paintings, watercolors and drawings.
The third discusses what a catalogue raisonné is, its purpose and usefulness; in particular, it examines the compilation of the Remington catalogue raisonné and what research has revealed about Remington's art and his artistic methods.
The exhibition develops seven major themes: what is a catalogue raisonné?; early scholarship in organizing Remington's work; Remington and his contemporary audience; artistic process; fakes and forgeries; lost and found; and the electronic catalogue raisonné.
www.bbhc.org /pointsWest/PWArticle.cfm?ArticleID=41   (751 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Cradle Will Fall: Books: Carl S. Burak,Michele G. Remington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
After a traumatic delivery resulting in her son's hospitalization, Remington became increasingly depressed, and when her baby came home, she had no interest in caring for him.
Remington's experience should serve as an alert to those who would shrug off PPD as mere baby blues.
In 1987, while suffering from severe postpartum depression, Remington fatally shot her infant son and then attempted to kill herself.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0843939346?v=glance   (810 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Eliphalet Remington
The gun received such an enthusiastic response that Remington decided to manufacture it in quantity, and formed the firm of E.
Remington and Sons, which he headed until his death in 1861.
Situated in the Mohawk River Valley—the eastern gateway to the expanding Northwest Territory and in the path of the still-to-be-constructed Erie Canal—the fieldstone Remington forge was astride a trade route that would bring prosperity to the family and the other inhabitants of the region.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Eliphalet_Remington   (397 words)

  
 Remington Golf Club, Kissimmee Golf, Kissimmee Golf Vacations, Orlando Golf
Remington Golf Club is the premier daily fee golf course in the Orlando Kissimmee area.
Remington was voted Best New Course of 1996 by Golf Digest Magazine and has been rated Four Stars by Golf Digest Places to Play.
Remington is considered by most Orlando residents as the locals favorite.
www.remington-gc.com   (414 words)

  
 Remington Rifles For Russia - Mosin-Nagant Rifle Shipments in 1916   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Remington received their largest single order for military rifles during World War I from Russia on November 3, 1916.
Simple arithmetic indicates that if this order were completed, it would mean $30,000,000 to Remington, but this would never come to pass.
Many were used for military training purposes, and some were used to arm the A.E.F. troops which were dispatched to Murmansk, Archangel and Vladivostok in 1918 and 1919.
www.remingtonsociety.com /Mosin.htm   (275 words)

  
 222 Remington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
But the.222 Remington had its days of glory and is still tough to beat as a medium range varmint cartridge.
The 222 Remington was introduced by Remington in 1950 for their 722 bolt action rifle which was later superseded by the current 700 series.
The 222 Remington is in about the same class as the 219 Zipper, but is rimless and adapted to modern bolt action rifles.
www.reloadbench.com /cartridges/222.html   (496 words)

  
 REMINGTON TECHNOLOGIES :: Papua New Guinea
Traditionally the Remington name has been on site synonymous with Office Equipment, however late in 1999 and with change of business name to Remington Technologies we are now focusing on providing complete business office solutions to our clients.
Remington Technologies is the exclusive agent for Apple products in Papua New Guinea and have a Retail Outlet located in the heart of Port Moresby specialising in Apple Products.
Remington Technologies has in excess of seventy (70) highly skilled and trained technicians located throughout the country Repairs and Maintenance is conducted on-site as well as in our fully equipped branch and head office service departments.
www.remington.com.pg   (533 words)

  
 Ch Stonepointe's Jump'n Jack Flash JH "Remington"
Remington was limitedly specialed and received multiple Best of Breed wins.
Remington is now enjoying his days as faithful companion of Kristin and her husband.
Remington's daughter "Riley" (Mar-Ed Stonepointes Jak Two) is blazing up the show ring, currently she has multiple Best of Breed wins (over top ranked specials) as well as a Group 3.
www.stonepointevizslas.com /remington.html   (173 words)

  
 Modern Firearms - Remington 870 Shotgun
Remington 870 "Wingmaster" was introduced by Remington in 1950, and since then become one of the most popular USA-made pump action all-purpose shotguns.
Remington 870 also is very popular police/security shotgun, available with extended magazines (up to 8 rounds), fixed or folding buttstocks or with pistol grips.
Technically, Remington 870 is a manually operated, pump-action shotgun with dual action bars and tilting breech lock, which locks directly into the barrel extension.
world.guns.ru /shotgun/sh17-e.htm   (447 words)

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