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JACK BELL
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TIMELINE and ARTICLES
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          Connected to Jack Bell           About Jack Bell           By Jack Bell
1887 First visit to Colorado
1897 Feb 21 J. E. Bell seen struck by avalanche, but rescue parties can't find his body
1897 Feb 24 Digs out of avalanche in Ouray CO - mail carrier. See also second article from March 7. Worked for Judge John C. Bell of Montrose (formerly TN), and lately for Ollie Eldridge.
1895 Mar 15 Attended dinner given by Mr and Mrs Charles W. Hill
1898 Spanish American War
1899-1900 Prospected along Crooked Creek, interior of Nome, 16 miles across the hills from Council City; wintered with twenty other miners
1900, 1901 Prospected in the Natural Bridge country
1901 Jan 1 Worked as miner in Stratton Independence
1901 Apr Stratton Independence shift boss for 15 mo.
1902 Jan 15 Gunfight in Stratton Independence
aft Jan 15
1902
? Marlborough Express NZ Mining Mine Thieves Cornered
1902 May Quits Independence mine to become reporter
1902 May 25 Jack goes undercover to report on the real character of an actor.
1902 Jun 14 Marries second wife Catharine Burnett Mercur
1902 Jul 6 Disagrees with Apr 4, 1902 McClaren analysis of silver mine; doesn't say, but logically by Jack Bell
1902 Aug 10 Death of an old miner, "Dad" Rose, in Alaska; see also "Old Bill" Cotton
1902 Aug 17 Ad that they need apartment
1902 Sep 1 Jack gives friend, Capt. Hudson, his Masonic button before Hudson's balloon flight
1902 Oct 6 Writes about the Jan 15, 1902 shootout in Independence mine
1902 Oct 28 Just back from long trip to east; going on to new job in Victor as purchasing agent; 2nd in command
1903 Canon City CO Phonebook - Bell, John E (C B), miner, res 420 Macon ave.
1903 Prospected in the Natural Bridge country
1903 Quits as general agent of Independence mine to prospect in Fremont County Mountains
1903 Jan 5 Jay Miller tells the story of the silver mine gunfight
1903 Feb 8 Quoted as calling William Cotton 'Old Bill' Cotton; see also Death of "Old Dad"
1903 Jun 3 New copper district discovered by Bell; mined placer ground - Dahlonega GA; abt year - Montana; Globe AZ
1903 Jun 22 Man captured in Independence mine shootout dies
1904 Jack Bell's Buckskin leases (copper-gold) started stampede
1904 Jan 11 01-05 Denhver Post Personal First news report of attack on "Polly Pry" publisher, Mrs. Anthony
1904 Jan 12 11 Rocky Mtn Daily News Personal A Bit of Gunplay
1904 Jun 4 Jack, correspondent for Denver Post, takes picture of mountain sheep
1904 Jul 4 Jack, Catharine, Catharine's first cousin, Ernest Lansing, and a school teacher friend leave for big trip.
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Mexico
1904 Jul ? Outdoor Life (pdf) Nature Old Mose
  (also Conquest of the King of the Grizzlies)
1905 Jul 2 The Wolf Dance, by An Old Plainsman
1905 Aug 24 CCR: Jack Bell, wife Catherine and (step-) daughter have returned to Canon City
1905 Sep 17 Shoots man-eating tiger in India, An Old Plainsman tells Jack Bell's story
1905 Oct 15 Interview with horse thief
1905 Oct 20 Acting as guard to E.M. Johnson
1905 Nov 5 Son Bradley Evans Bell born in Canon City. Jack's mother was Sarah Evans.
1905 Nov 6 Telegram about Arizona arriving - Apparently Catharine not big on name Arizona.
1905 Dec 17 Bought Canon City Clipper.
1905 Dec 21 Has control of Canon City Clipper
1906 Bell, Mrs. Katherine, mgr Canon City Cannon, res 420 Macon
The Canon City Cannon, every Wednesday, by the Fremont Publishing Company, Inc.,
  Jack Bell, Editor and Manager, Sub. Price $1 a Year in Advance
1906 Apr 20 Catharine Bell gathering relief supplies for San Francisco earthquake
1906 Apr 22 Catharine Bell gathering relief supplies for San Francisco earthquake; worries for husband supposed to have been in SF
1906 May 19 Finds rich district of copper; was Lieutenant of Colorado National Guard under Sherman Bell
Bell View is 5 miles east of Buckskin
1906 Jun 19 Jack Bell Gold Mining Company established in Nevada
1906 Jul 20 Wife Catherine badly injured in fall from horse; Bell is out mining and unavailable
1906 Sep 30 Wife Catharine elected to Colorado State Central Democratic Committee
1906 Oct 5 Strikes it rich; Bell view named for him; Jack Bell Gold Mining
1906 Nov 22 Jack sends in report of mining situation; created stampede in Buckskin and Bell View.
1906 Dec 13 Jack Bell stock sells for 35 cents per share
1906 Dec 29 Details of great strike in Buckskin mine
1906 Dec 30 Ad for 30 cents per stock for Jack Bell
1907 Jan 7 01 Oakland Tribune Mining Sensation of the Goldfield District; lease had problems from lack of timbers
1907 Jan 29 Catharine Bell attends Press Club as editor of Canon City Cannon
1907 Jan 16 06 NV State Journal Mining Jack Bell lease fabulous values
1907 Mar 13 Mining
1907 Jun 2 Man captured in Independence mine shootout dies
1907 Nov 6 Catharine publishes "Moods and Tenses" to critical acclaim
1907 Nov 9 1853 United States investor Mining Jack Bell Mining Company
1908 Jan 9 Catharine attends Democratic editors meeting; great cartoon of her
1908 Mar 24 Catharine at Democratic meeting; "one of the brainiest women in the state"
1908 Jul 08 06 NV State Journal Mining Jack Bell lease sold to Frank Hervey Pettingill
1908 Jul 23 Mrs. Catharine B. Bell, editor of the Canon City Canon, publishes "Hot Shots"
1909 Feb 22 57 Mining Investor Mining Marked Improvement in Rawhide District
1909 Mar 12 114 Mining Investor Mining Record Breaking Strike Reported at Rawhide
1909 Mar 20 161 Mining Investor Mining More Rawhide Leases Are Now in Good Ore
1909 Mar 29 170 Mining Investor Mining Increased Tonnage and Value from Rawhide
1909 Apr 12 220 Mining Investor Mining Too Much Ore for Mills of Rawhide
1909 Apr 26 256 Mining Investor Mining Sixty-seven Leasers are in Ore at Rawhide
1909 May 3 274 Mining Investor Mining Rawhide Queen has Three Steady Shippers
1909 May 20 68 Mining Investor Mining Queen Bethania is the Sensation of Rawhide
1909 Jun 6 92 Mining Investor Mining Bethania Ore Beats the Rawhide Record
1909 Jun 11 John Bell and Catherine Bell divorce in Fremont County, docket number 3636
1909 Jun 14 114 Mining Investor Mining Rich Vein Opened on Rawhide Queen Estate
1909 Jun 20 129 Mining Investor Mining Mint Lease on Grutt Hill is a Good One
1909 Jun 26 149 Mining Investor Mining Grutt Balloon Hill is Still in the Lead
1909 Jul 4 163 Mining Investor Mining Another Important Strike in Rawhide
1909 Jul 11 181 Mining Investor Mining Rawhide Operators are Very Confident
1909 Jul 18 196 Mining Investor Mining Important Developments on Rawhide Mint Lease
before
1910 Oct 21
Mrs. Catharine B. Bell, editor of the Canon City Canon, publishes "Moods and Tenses"
1910 Oct 21 Catharine Bell, Jack's ex, married Robert Van Deusen
1911 Oct 11 Trenching on the Badger claim near Wedekind District NV
1911 Nov 5 Ex-wife Catharine able to register her marriage in Colorado
1911 Nov 23 Jack Bell moving to Reno for newspaper project
1911 Dec 22 06 NV State Journal Mining Caused stampede; how Jack Bell lost a fortune
1912 May 24 06 NV State Journal Mining Prominent, was Superintendent Independence Mine (sometimes called purchasing manager or general manager; 2nd in command)
1912 Jun 11 06 NV State Journal Mining Inspected Sunshine
1912 Sep 12 Ex-wife Catharine's baby, Robert Van Deusen, Jr. dies
1913 Oct 11 Mentions Jack Bell's rich discoveries at the divide between the Alamosa and Navajo rivers
1914 Jul 28 Ex-wife Catharine wins post on wage board
1914 Dec 18 Ex-wife Catharine's first report for wage board
1914 Dec 20 Ex-wife Catharine's board position challenged
1915 Jan 12 Ex-wife Catharine offering minimum wage bill
1915 Feb 7 Jack and his 2nd wife Laura go prospecting; she breaks her ankle.
1915 Apr 4 Ex-wife Catharine gives talk
1916 Sep 12 ? CCR Personal Jack Bell Invents a Stove
19 Sep 1917 799
802
Outing Mining The Prospector Goes Camping  (with Arthur Chapman)
A newspaper man who has prospected and mined for many years and has won and lost fortunes in all sorts of mining propositions from Alaska to Mexico. When the trail opens, this veteran drops the pencil and pen for the miner's pick and prospector's hammer.
1918 Jun 3 Enlisted in army in Pittsburgh while living in Verdi - #2544294 - Sgt
1918 Sep 1 1st Sgt
1918 Sep 15 Served in France
1919 Mar 1 Master sgt
1919 Jun 22 Returned from France
1919 Jul Honorably discharged
1919 Aug 14 Ex-wife Catharine buys ranch
1920 Jan 20 Jack and his 2nd wife Laura are in Mercer PA visiting his father, James M. Bell, and his unmarried sister Fannie
1922 May 22 06 Reno Evening Gazette Fishing Stop dumping gravel into river
1922 Sep 14 01 Reno Evening Gazette Air Mail Airmail Aviator Takes Plunge
1922 Sep 29 04 NV State Journal Fishing Lands giant trout
1922 Nov 19 01
02
NV State Journal Nature Burros Had Much To Do
With Building Of The West
1922 Nov 22 04 NV State Journal Nature Letter to editor
1922 Nov 26 01 NV State Journal Air Mail Hooded Messengers Part 1
1922 Dec 03 01
02
NV State Journal Air Mail Hooded Messengers Part 2
1922 Dec 17 01
03
NV State Journal Nature The Glorious Glow of the Sangre de Christo
1922 Dec 24 01
03
NV State Journal Nature The Glorious Glow of the Sangre de Christo Part 2
1923 Jan 14 38 Oakland Tribune Personal Arthur Chapman writes about Jack Bell
1923 Jan 14 38 Oakland Tribune Air Mail Hooded Messengers Part 1
1923 Jan 21 x Oakland Tribune Air Mail Hooded Messengers Part 2
  (See NV State Journaledition)
1923 Feb 04 08 Oakland Tribune Air Mail Riders of the Thundercloud
1923 Feb 11 08 Oakland Tribune Air Mail The Motor Macks
1923 Feb 18 08 Oakland Tribune Personal Gene Fowler writes about Jack Bell
1923 Feb 18 86 Oakland Tribune Air Mail Bird of the Broken Wing
1923 Feb 20 06 Reno Evening Gazette Nature Spring birds
1923 Feb 18 08 Oakland Tribune Personal William MacLeod Raine writes about Jack Bell
1923 Feb 25 08 Oakland Tribune Air Mail When Winslow's Ship Stood Still
1923 Mar 04 08 Oakland Tribune Air Mail One Jump to Gotham
1923 Mar 11 05 Oakland Tribune Air Mail Prisoners of the Fog
1923 Mar 18 04
05
Oakland Tribune Air Mail Settin' 'er Down on the Hump
1923 Mar 25 04 Oakland Tribune Air Mail The Night Birds of April
1923 Apr 1 02
04
Oakland Tribune Air Mail All Dressed Up in Feathers
1923 Apr 8 01
03
NV State Journal Fishing Lovers of Outdoor Life Ready
1923 Apr 8 02
04
Oakland Tribune Air Mail Rainbow Circles of the Air Line
1923 Apr 15 15 Oakland Tribune Air Mail Ships Caught in a Whirlpool
1923 Apr 28 02 Oakland Tribune Air Mail Songsters of the Altitudes
1923 May 6 15 Oakland Tribune Air Mail The Airplane and the Eagle
1923 May 13 06
10
Oakland Tribune Nature The Sand Dunes of New Mexico
1923 May 18 08 Reno Evening Gazette Mining Colorado Men Meet at Golden
1923 May 20 23 Oakland Tribune Nature Lurking Death
1923 Jun 3 14
15
Oakland Tribune Nature Gila Monster
1923 Jun 10 04 Oakland Tribune Nature Merely Mr. Burro
1923 Jun 17 14 Oakland Tribune Nature Sangre de Cristo
1923 Jun 24 02
15
Oakland Tribune Nature Fightin' the Rainbow  (so faint as to be unreadable)
1923 Jul 16 06 NV State Journal Air Mail Pilot friend has baby girl
1923 Aug 26 01
07
NV State Journal Air Mail Thundering Roar of Midnight Mail
1923 Sep 30 01
05
NV State Journal Nature Gila Monsters
1923 Oct 07 01
03
NV State Journal Nature The Lurking Death
1923 Oct 14 01
04
NV State Journal Nature Cliff Dwellers
1923 Oct 15 02 NV State Journal Fishing Fishing Season in Neighboring Rivers
1923 Oct 28 01 NV State Journal Birds Water Ousel     NEW
1923 Oct 30 01 NV State Journal Fishing Wily Carp
1923 Nov 01 01 NV State Journal Fishing Fishing Season Closed
1923 Nov 04 01
03
NV State Journal Mining Fraction Jack
1923 Nov 04 01
03
NV State Journal Mining Tale of Water Ousel Brings Forth Prose & Poetry
1923 Dec 02 01 NV State Journal Air Mail Can't Down Him
1923 Dec 13 01 NV State Journal Fishing Reno Carp Club Holds Meeting
1923 Dec 22 05 NV State Journal Film Movie Director is Busiest Man in Reno
1924 Jan 8 05 NV State Journal Fishing Carp Club meets after several weeks
1924 Jan 18 05 NV State Journal Fishing Carp Club President Gets Letter
1924 Jan 31 05 NV State Journal Fishing New Member Initiation
1924 Mar 30 01
03
NV State Journal Misc Criminal Trial
1924 Apr 13 01
06
NV State Journal Fishing Trout fishing on the Anticipation
1924 Apr 17 05 NV State Journal Fishing Great Crowds Throng River
1924 Apr 22
1924 Apr 23
02 NV State Journal Fishing Caught trout; correction
1924 May 25 02 NV State Journal Fishing California Trout streams open
1924 Aug 2 01
03
NV State Journal Air Mail Blanchfield killed in crash
1926 Jan 10 1 NV State Journal Nature Burro trains, rattlesnakes, and ancient dwellers.
1926 Jan 24 01
03
NV State Journal Fishing Chased by the bulls
1926 Feb 14
1926 Feb 14
01
06
NV State Journal Mining Incidents in the life of a Prospector
1926 Apr 10 01 NV State Journal Fishing Ad for fishing article
1926 Apr 11 01
03
NV State Journal Fishing Best fishing holes
1926 May 7 ? NV State Journal Nature Story read to group
1926 May 31 04 NV State Journal Military Buddies All
1926 Jul 08 06 Reno Evening Gazette Nature Jack Bell on radio
1926 Jul 09 08 Reno Evening Gazette Nature Jack Bell on radio
1926 Jul 08 08 NV State Journal Nature Jack Bell on radio
1926 Jul 08 08 Oakland Tribune Nature Jack Bell on radio
1926 Jul 09 03 NV State Journal Nature Jack Bell on radio
1926 Jul 09 05 NV State Journal Nature Paragraph on coming talk
1926 Aug 2 01 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Verdi threatened by fire again
1926 Aug 6 03 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Named to State Police
1926 Aug 22 02 NV State Journal Mining Tribute to Ray Baker
1926 Sep 7 06 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Verdi Stops All Speeders
1926 Sep 19 02 NV State Journal Fishing Season near close
1926 Oct 10 01 NV State Journal Snakes Jack Bell quoted on snakes
1926 Oct 24 10 NV State Journal Nature Get Acquainted with Nevada's Birds
1926 Dec 01 10 NV State Journal Mining God's Acre in the Desert
1927 Jan 02
1927 Jan 02
08
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NV State Journal Mining Tribute to Wiggins
1927 Feb 06 01
05
NV State Journal Air Mail Air Mail plane crash
1927 Mar 20
1927 Mar 20
01
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NV State Journal Nature Mister Burro
1927 Apr 9 06 Reno Evening Gazette Fishing Only true fish stories
1927 Jul 31 Son Bradley is bringing out his own book of poetry, "The Painted Lady."
1928 Jun 28 Ex-wife Catharine wins position as Secretary of the State Minimum Wage Board; summarizes her past experience
1929 May 13 10 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Fender Bender
1929 Jun 13 06 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Democratic delegate
1929 Sep 20 03 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Chinese Banquet
1930 Apr 2 Census for Jack and Lola
1930 Aug 21 14 Reno Evening Gazette Personal First listing married to Lola
1930 Sep 9 10 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Has article in Sep 9 Liberty
1931 Apr 16 06 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Lola back from LA
1931 Oct 13 06 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Lola in San Francisco
1932 Jan 12 02 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Lola in San Francisco
1932 Dec 19 Claire K. Vance dies in plane crash (not by Jack Bell)
1933 Jan 27 01 NV State Journal Mining Independence Mine Superintendent; gunfight
1933 Feb 15 04 NV State Journal Personal Birthday
1933 May 30 01 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Lola is divorce queen
1934 Feb 15 04 NV State Journal Personal Birthday
1934 Mar 20 Jack Bell's first wife, Catherine Olivia Burnett Mercur Bell Van Deusen, dies in Denver CO
1935 Jan 29 01
04
NV State Journal Personal Lola moves back to Verdi
1935 Feb 15 04 NV State Journal Personal Birthday
1936 Feb 15 12 NV State Journal Personal Birthday
1937 Feb 15 12 NV State Journal Personal Birthday
1937 Apr 18 05 NV State Journal Personal Fender bender
1937 Jul 14 09 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Deed given to wife
1937 Jul 22 07 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Going to Mercer for sick sister
1937 Sep 16 11 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Sister died; Jack in auto accident
1938 Apr 7 02 NV State Journal Personal Lola had eye problem
1938 Aug 28 02 NV State Journal Personal John Chapman is visiting
1939 12 NV State Journal Personal Jack Bell's phone number in Verdi was 7
1939 Feb 7 10 NV State Journal Personal Lola testifies in libel suit
1940 Apr 3 Census for John B.E. Bell
1940 Aug 4 17 NV State Journal Fishing Gets trout limit
1941 Jun 11 02 NV State Journal Personal Lola goes to hospital
1941 Jun 14 10 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Lola Bell sick
1941 Jun 16 08 NV State Journal Personal Lola dies
1941 Jun 16 08 NV State Journal Personal Obituary
1941 Jun 16 13 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Lola Bell to be buried in NY
1941 Jun 16 16 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Lola Bell's Obituary
1942 May 25 8 Reno Evening Gazette Fishing Caught 9 lb mackanaw
1941 Jun 20 16 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Asks Probate for Lola Bell
1948 Jun 16 Son Bradley teaching leather carving he learned in VA hospitals.
1951 Nov 06 02 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Loved but often cussed
1952 Aug 9 Jack Bell dies in Reno NV
1952 Aug 12 02 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Obituary
1952 Aug 13 02 NV State Journal Personal Obituary
1952 Aug 13 15 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Jack Bell Funeral
1952 Aug 13 04 NV State Journal Personal An Old Timer - Another Jack Bell Obituary
1952 Aug 21 12 NV State Journal Personal Legal notice of property; again 8/27
1952 Aug 30 15 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Jack Bell ashes going to family plot
  in Mercer PA
1952 Sep 1 15 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Jack Bell Memorial plans
1952 Nov 30 14 NV State Journal Personal His eccentric will
1952 Dec 1 11 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Fight over who administers his estate
1952 Dec 31 11 Reno Evening Gazette Personal Review of 1952 includes Jack's death
1954 Jul 04 22 NV State Journal Personal Legal settling of Jack Bell's Estate
1955 Sep 23 Jack Bell's son, Bradley Evans Bell (now Bradley T. Van Deusen), dies in San Antonio TX
1955 Sep 27 Death notice for Bradley Evans Bell (now Bradley T. Van Deusen)
1955 Oct 5 Will of Bradley Evans Bell (now Bradley T. Van Deusen)
1960 Jan 19 11 Reno Evening Gazette Personal He's still remembered for the birds





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