| Timeline |
| 1861 |
Born 4 October in Canton, NY |
| 1875 |
Enrols at Vermont Episcopal Institute |
| 1876 |
Enrols at Highland Military Academy |
| 1878 |
Enrols at Yale College School of Art |
| 1881 |
First trip west - to the Montana territory |
| 1882 |
First illustration published in Harper's Weekly |
| 1883 |
Purchases sheep ranch in Kansas |
| 1884 |
Moves to Kansas City, tries hand at running a hardware store and then a saloon; marries Eva Caten |
| 1885 |
Moves to Brooklyn, NY |
| 1886 |
Attends Art Students League; travels in Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico |
| 1887 |
Travels in N Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and western Canada; exhibits at American Watercolor Society and National Academy of Design |
| 1888 |
Travels in Arizona, Texas and New Mexico; awarded Hallgarten and Clark awards at the National Academy of Design exhibition; T Roosevelt's serialised articles for Century Magazine feature Remington illustrations |
| 1889 |
Awarded silver medal at Paris International Exposition |
| 1890 |
Purchases home in New Rochelle, exhibition at American Art Association |
| 1891 |
Elected associate member of National Academy of Design |
| 1893 |
Travels in Mexico |
| 1895 |
Pony Tracks published; first sculpture (Bronco Buster); another exhibition at the American Art Association |
| 1898 |
Crooked Trails published; travels to Cuba to cover Spanish-American war |
| 1899 |
Begins illustrating for Colliers |
| 1900 |
Begins work at Roman Bronze Works in NY; buys summer home in upstate NY |
| 1901 |
A Bunch of Buckskins published; exhibit at Clausen Gallery |
| 1903 |
Shows at Noe Gallery, NY |
| 1905 |
Remington Number published |
| 1908 |
Purchases property in Connecticut |
| 1909 |
Dies 26 December of appendicitis |
| 1909 |
Ends association with Colliers; exhibits at Doll and Richards Gallery; another exhibition at Knoedler |
