Is the lure of the Wild West fading?

  Is western culture too tough to die? Tourism in Tombstone Arizona has seen a significant decrease within the last decade. According to Robert Carreira, director for the Center of Economic Research at Cochise College, there were 45,790 visits to the Tombstone Courthouse. Last year that number dropped to 42,549 (7.08 percent decrease). In the…

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Al Capone tries to take Tombstone

Wyatt Earp and the Town too Tough to Die will be put to a fictional test when Al Capone and his mob roll through town in May. The Tombstone Repertory Company, the city’s resident melodrama theater, is set to open its spring offering, “Prohibition Comes to Tombstone, or, Speak Easy But Carry a Big Gun.”…

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