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Mark Kellogg (March 31, 1831 – June 25, 1876) was a newspaper reporter killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Kellogg rode with George Armstrong Custer during the battle and was evidently one of the first men killed by the Sioux and Cheyenne.〔("Mark Kellogg's Prequil to the Battle: A reporter's account of riding with Custer into the Battle of the Little Bighorn," ) ''The New York Herald'', July 11, 1876. Accessed February 10, 2007.〕 His dispatches were the only press coverage of Custer and his men in the days leading up to the battle. As a newspaper stringer whose reports were picked up around the country, Kellogg is considered the first Associated Press correspondent to die in the line of duty.〔(Associated Press history archives ), accessed Feb. 10, 2007.〕 ==Life== Born Marcus Henry Kellogg on March 31, 1831, in Brighton, Ontario, Canada, Kellogg was the third of ten children. Kellogg's family moved a number of times in his youth before they eventually settled in La Crosse, Wisconsin.〔''The Custer Companion: A Comprehensive Guide to the Life of George Armstrong Custer and the Plains'' by Thom Hatch, Stackpole Books, 2002, pages 203-204.〕 While there Kellogg learned to operate a telegraph and went to work for both the Northwestern Telegraph Company and the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company. He married Martha J. Robinson in 1861 and they had two daughters. During the years of the American Civil War, Kellogg became the assistant editor for the ''La Crosse Democrat'' newspaper. He also unsuccessfully ran for the office of city clerk in 1867 and played shortstop on one of the town's baseball teams.〔''I Go With Custer: The Life & Death of Reporter Mark Kellogg'' by Mark Kellogg, AST Press, 1996, page 30.〕 In 1867 Kellogg's wife died.〔(The Mark Kellogg Historical Plaque ), Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wisconsin, walking tour of Oak Grove Cemetery, accessed Nov. 11, 2008.〕 Leaving his daughters to be raised by an aunt,〔('La Crosse scribe victim of Custer's Last Charge' ), Milwaukee Sentinel, August 21, 1921, The Wisconsin State Historical Society〕 Kellogg began drifting around the upper Midwest, working as a reporter and editorial assistant in places such as Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Brainerd, Minnesota. While living in Brainerd he ran for election to the Minnesota Legislature, but was defeated. He also worked as a string correspondent for the ''St. Paul Dispatch'', with his articles often published under the pen name of "Frontier."〔''I Go With Custer: The Life & Death of Reporter Mark Kellogg'' by Mark Kellogg, AST Press, 1996, page 56.〕 In the early 1870s, he moved to Bismarck, North Dakota, where in 1873 he helped editor Clement A. Lounsberry found ''The Bismarck Tribune''. Even though Kellogg was only an editorial assistant for the paper, he substituted for Lounsberry as editor of the ''Tribunes second, third and fourth issues.〔(Clement A. Lounsberry Colonel ), United States Army, Arlington National Cemetery website, accessed Feb. 10, 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Kellogg (reporter)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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