Horace Bell (December 11, 1830 â€" June 29, 1918), was active in the
American era of 19th century California, especially in the Los Angeles
region. He was a Los Angeles Ranger, filibuster, soldier, lawyer,
journalist and newspaper publisher, and author of two Southern
California history books.Horace Bell was born in Indiana on December
11, 1830. He was educated in Kentucky and then came to Placerville in
El Dorado County in eastern California in August 1850 for the
California Gold Rush. He spent two years mining with little success.He
came to Los Angeles in 1852 to visit an uncle, Alexander Bell, who had
settled there in 1842 and married a Mexican Californio, He became
wealthy as a trader and influential in politics. Horace Bell became a
founding member of the Los Angeles Rangers, a militia company that
pursued outlaws in the most violent, lawless county in Southern
California. In 1856, he left California to join in the Walkers
Filibuster into Nicaragua, becoming a Major in Walkers army. In 1859
he joined Benito Juárez's Army in Mexico during the Reform War. He
returned to Indiana to join as a scout in the Union Army during the
American Civil War.In 1866, married with children, he returned to Los
Angeles. He became a lawyer and journalist, and as an investor in city
land he became prosperous. From 1882 to 1888 he owned and edited The
Porcupine a newspaper he created to fight municipal corruption. As a
lawyer and as an editor he defended the Californios and the poor. Horace Bell Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter