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Who is the namesake of Allen Street in Tombstone, Arizona?

by | Sep 11, 2010 | Inside History

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Who is the namesake of Allen Street in Tombstone, Arizona? Erica Moore Mesa, Arizona   John B. Allen is considered one of the founders of Tombstone. He came to Arizona in 1857, twenty years before prospector Ed Schieffelin’s famous silver strike. Allen was drawn to the territory by a gold strike in Gila City; when that didn’t pan out, he headed to Tucson, penniless. His first enterprise was making dried apple pies and selling them for a dollar apiece; that earned him the nickname “Pie.


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