What can you tell me about the Tombstone Tigers baseball team? Kit Hussey Arlington, Texas The photograph is circa 1887. Our archival label of the photo states the team is known as the Tombstone Tigers, but Art Austin, of the Tombstone State Park says the photo in their archive has no team name attached to it. Austin does share the background on baseball’s introduction in Tombstone. He says that Mining Superintendent George Staple Rice introduced the sport to the city’s mining district


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