Likely born in Ireland, William Bell was an English doctor known as Dr.
Willie Bell. He was an early resident of Colorado Springs, and became
an illustrator for Harper's in 1867. He was also a
survey-sketch artist for the Kansas-Pacific Railroad and a photographer
during the Indian Wars.
His exploration of the West began in
1867 when he was in St. Louis at an international medical convention
and heard about the survey from Salina to San Francisco. He (showing 500 of 3281 characters). |
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