Five essential reads, alongside my work, that I recommend folks read before they visit Tombstone are: Tombstone, A.T.: A History of Early Mining, Milling and Mayhem by William B. Shillingberg (Arthur H. Clark Co., 1999): Casual readers may find Shillingberg’s detailed writing style to be a bit dense, but the man is a vacuum cleaner when it comes to facts. Carp about his conclusions all you want, but he’s basing them on exhaustive research. If you want to “read” Tombstone, this is whe


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