Inside the Arizona History Museum beside the University of Arizona campus, held in a glass display, is a cream handled Colt .45 revolver that museum officials say once belonged to Tombstone legend Wyatt Earp. Not so fast, say some gun collectors and the pre-eminent historian of Tombstone history. Laraine Daly Jones, collections manager at the…
“What do you have that’s local?” is one of the first questions a visitor asks as they take a seat in Doc Holliday’s Saloon after spending a day touring Tombstone. Tombstone Aces & 8’s Ale is the answer. The brew specially created by Old Bisbee Brewing Company Owner/brew master Victor Winquist has formed a profitable…
Drivers beware. So far this year the Tombstone Marshal’s Office has issued three times the amount of traffic citations compared to last year. The reason why the Tombstone Marshal’s Office are issuing more tickets is because the increase of deputies on staff. Deputy Ivan Bernal of the Tombstone Marshal’s Office says officers have their…
Arizona Craft Beverage Inc. claims that a stop work order placed on their property by Mayor Dusty Escapule is illegal. The company leasing the Old Tombstone high school uses the building to make wine and spirits. The company was undergoing renovations that the city claimed were illegal without the proper permits and supervision. The City…
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…
