"Willie Willey's Traveling Chariot"
This file appears in: Willie Willey: Spokane's Nature Boy
This image shows Willey eating watermelon in front of his makeshift camper and wearing an animal skin, instead of his traditional shorts. Willey sold postcards of himself to make money while traveling the United States.
This file appears in: Willie Willey: Spokane's Nature Boy
Willie Willey: Spokane's Nature Boy
Short on clothes but long on intrigue, Willie Willey and his choice in dress (or lack thereof) made an impression on twentieth century Spokane. Born in 1884, Willis (Willie) Willey grew up in Iowa but moved to Spokane in 1905. As a young twenty…