John Watermelon Redington papers circa 1867-1978

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John Watermelon Redington papers circa 1867-1978

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Collection includes: Typescript "Scouting in Montana," 16 pp, ca. 1870-1879, regarding his adventures fighting American Indians in Montana; Correspondence with Owen Wister and others; Correspondence between his daughters regarding him and their grandfather, A. B. Meacham; Scrapbook, 1 vol.; Elinor Meacham Redington reminiscences. John Watermelon Redington (1851-1935) was born in Cambridge, Mass. and moved west in 1877.

.45 cubic feet (1 document case)

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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Redington, John W., 1851-1935

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John "Watermelon" Redington was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1851, attended grammar school, and worked as a printer's devil. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1874 as a means of traveling to the West. He was discharged in 1874, worked for the Salem Oregon Statesman, and founded a job printing establishment in Salem. He left job printing to wander through Oregon, Idaho, and Utah as a tramp printer and in search of adventure. In the process he served as a scout in the Nez Perce India...

Redington, Nellie Meacham

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Meacham, A. B.

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Redington, John W.,

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Wister, Owen,

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