A former combat fighter pilot and international airline captain, the Virginia native has authored hundreds of articles and written 21 books. Mallory was a photographer for the Black Star Agency and Life magazine before turning to a professional flying career. He still does photographic work the “old-fashioned way” in his own darkroom. His picture collection on railroads and the Old West numbers well over 120,000 prints.
Born in Salt Lake City on February 23, 1887, William E. Ferron, graduated from the College of Pharmacy at Philadelphia, and later went to South America where he was involved in gold mining enterprises. Ferron arrived in Las Vegas in 1916, and partnered with Dr. Roy Martin in establishing the Las Vegas Pharmacy at the northwest corner of First and Fremont.
He married Ruth Cooper of Salt Lake City in 1917 and they lived for many years