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E.S. Paxson
Edgar Samuel Paxson (April 25, 1852 – November 9, 1919) was an American frontier Painting, painter, scout, soldier and writer, based mainly in Montana. He is best known for his portraits of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans in the Old West and for his depiction of the Battle of Little Bighorn in his painting "Custer's Last Stand". Biography Paxson was born in 1852 to a Quaker family in East Hamburg New York. He spent most of his childhood in the woodlands of New York and Pennsylvania, learning to hunt and trap game with the help of his uncles. At age ten he worked as a drummer boy for new recruits during the American Civil War. His urge to explore the American frontier was fostered by uncles who had traveled west for the California Gold Rush, returning with stories of Indians, dangerous wildlife, and the harsh trek across America, and from family friends who lived in the New York frontier when the Seneca Nation ranged the woodlands. Inspired by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Hamburg, New York
Orchard Park is an incorporated Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Erie County, New York, United States. It is an outer ring suburb southeast of Buffalo, New York, Buffalo. As of the 2010 United States census, 2010 census, the population was 29,054, representing an increase of 5.13% from the 2000 census figure. The town contains a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village also named Orchard Park (village), New York, Orchard Park. Orchard Park is one of the Southtowns of Erie County and is best known as the site of Highmark Stadium (New York), Highmark Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills. History In 1803, Didymus C. Kinney and wife Phebe (Hartwell) purchased land and built a cabin in the southwest corner of the township, which has since been turned into a museum. The following year, a migration of Quaker settlers began. The town was separated from the town of Hamburg, New York, Hamburg in 1850 and was first named "Ellicott", after Joseph Ellicott, an ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
