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remained a going concern, though it could never regain the standing it had prior to 1886, the year
Tombstone's silver boom began to crumble as silver prices fell and the mines filled with water. Subsequent editors predicted a return to the heady days of the 1880s, but such a turnaround in the town's
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in 1881. In an explosion of gunfire, the Earps and their eclectic friend, Doc
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Tombstone's future seemed tied to its relatively mild desert climate, the emergence of automobile tourism in the 1920s, and its sometimes violent history. Such were the elements that underlay
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Army and warfare in the West, western women, frontier photography, and western personalities, among other topics. Named a national journalistic landmark by Sigma Delta Chi, the
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By the early 1960s, popular interest in Old West history and western vacations put
Tombstone, Arizona, on the map once again. Led by Harold O. Love, of Detroit, Mich., investors purchased
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were printed, explore a large museum devoted to the era of "hot metal" printing, see rare photographs and other early
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The national historical monthly is published by Tombstone Epitaph, Inc., an Arizona corporation. In addition to publishing the historical monthly,
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was no stranger to southern Arizona when he decided to relocate from Tucson to Tombstone in 1880. In Tucson, Clum had published the
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