William Abraham Bell

William Abraham Bell (26 April 1841 – 6 June 1921), fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and practised at St George's Hospital in London after earning his medical degree.

Kansas Pacific Railway survey In 1867, Bell travelled to the United States to study the medical principles of homoeopathy in St. Louis. In the United States, he joined an expedition undertaken by the Union Pacific Railroad Eastern Division (later Kansas Pacific Railway) to identify and map a southern route for a railroad connection between Kansas and California. Although Bell had no experience in photography, he was recommended for the post of expedition photographer by the expedition's geologist, John Lawrence LeConte. Accordingly, he undertook a two-week crash course in photography, purchased a camera and darkroom equipment, and joined the expedition in western Kansas, in a region near the Colorado state line that was the scene of active fighting between local Indians and United States military forces. the book sold well in both Great Britain and the United States.

In early 1872 Bell visited England, where he married Cara Scovell. In the summer of that year, he returned to Colorado with his new wife and they started construction of a new Victorian home on the banks of Fountain Creek in Manitou Springs. Their home, known as Briarhurst Manor, was completed in 1876. was the rail access, but this failed to materialize. The Mobile Company of America also failed: steam-powered carriages proved to be inferior to gasoline internal combustion vehicles. The heavily indebted Walker had to sell the North Tarrytown property to Bell, his investor. Drawing on his extensive experience in railroad development, Bell not only continued the residential construction at Philipse Manor but also made the rail service possible by building the station and presenting it to the railroad. ) In 1914, Bell "swapped" the Philipse Manor property for a New York City skyscraper, the Jewelry Building at 303 Fifth Avenue,