Tombstone relies on its tourism to keep itself afloat and while those numbers are continuing to tumble the town may find itself six feet below with nothing left but its history. Or is there hope for the notoriously too tough town? “Dying’s not much of a living is it?” Trolley conductor Lee Mckechnie tells his…
Arizona’s mountains are attracting goat dairies, creating a new market of award-winning artisan cheeses.
Since 2003, when the first commercial goat dairy was certified in Arizona, five more have emerged, totaling about 600 goats producing milk and cheese under state regulation.
“Goats are fun,” said Kathryn Heininger, co-owner of Arizona’s first certified goat dairy, Black Mesa Ranch, in Snowflake. “They are like big, productive puppy dogs.”
The clop of horses’ hooves and jingle of spurs on the wooden sidewalk peppers the dusty morning air of Tombstone. “First shootout at noon,” calls a man with a snowy white beard and sheriff’s costume as he wanders toward Allen Street, Tombstone’s historic district. In Tombstone, history is a part of the fabric of everyday…
Gift shops full of Arizona and Western-themed souvenirs and knick-knacks line Allen Street in Tombstone. They sell similar items. A kokopelli fabric square, pink cowgirl gun, Arizona shot glasses and cowboy hats. The common link between these Old West themed tchotchkes – most are not made in Arizona. “I get things from everywhere,” said Robert…
John Fields drove to Tombstone in 2009 with his dog Jenny and never left. Living in Mesa and selling RVs, Fields said after the market crashed he decided to pack up his few belongings, attach a trailer to his car and drive to Tombstone. Fields, known as Johnny One Dog, created Johnny One Dog Marketing…
