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What kinds of adult beverages were popular in Tombstone at its peak?

by | Sep 4, 2012 | Inside History

What kinds of adult beverages were popular in Tombstone at its peak? James RowleyLaingsburg, Michigan Tombstone’s citizens drank just about anything one could find in the major cities. Freight wagons loaded with goods were rolling into the rich Arizona mining town on a regular basis, bringing goods (including booze) from far and wide. So the movies had it wrong—the boys didn’t belly up to the bar and order cheap beer and rotgut whiskey. Kelly’s Wine House had 26 brands of the fruit of t


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