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Who was John B. Allen, for whom Allen Street in Tombstone is named?

by | Apr 1, 2004 | Inside History

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Who was John B. Allen, for whom Allen Street in Tombstone is named? Gary Ledoux a.k.a. “Mayor Clum” Via Internet Born in Maine and schooled in Boston, Massachusetts, John B. Allen came to California with the 49ers to seek his fortune. During the “backwash of the gold rush” in the 1850s, he went to Yuma, Arizona, then Gila City and finally Tucson in 1858. Upon his arrival, he began baking dried apple pies to sell to soldiers. Soon, he was running a mercantile store. During the French occu


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