What became of Wyatt Earp’s guns?

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…

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Wyatt Earp: a distant relative returns

A story about Tombstone isn’t complete without a story about Wyatt Earp. On May 22, the great-grandnephew of Wyatt Earp, also named Wyatt, will perform a one-man play titled “Wyatt Earp: Life on the Frontier” for Tombstone’s annual Wyatt Earp Days, in Tombstone.  “I want people to experience a story that Hollywood never told. There…

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Is Tombstone tired and out of touch?

Bill Pakinkis, Tombstone Chamber of Commerce board member, says Tombstone is a thriving visitor destination. But take a walk down Allen Street and Misty Estes will tell you something different. “We thrive on tourism,” said Estes, assistant manager at Superstition Sue Gifts. But Tombstone is “not what it used to be.” Tombstone feels frozen in…

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