What do Tombstone, the Pony Express, an “anti-dude” club and Jesse James have in common? All made history during the month of April.
For Tombstone, it started on the very first day of the month, for on April 1, 1877, Ed Schieffelin struck one of the richest silver veins in the Old West—naming his claim Tombstone because skeptics told him he was stupid for prospecting in that area and all he'd ever find was his tombstone.
On the very same day in Dodge City, Wyatt Earp resigned as a po
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