Soon after he arrived arriving in Tucson in October 1878, J.D. Kinnear started Kinnear's Express stagecoach service (every four days) to the new...
The Benson to Tombstone Stagecoach
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Hallowed Ground & Honored Heroes
Across the West, cemeteries, monuments and memorials provide a poignant reminder of the West’s historic past. Across the United States...
Meet Mrs. Tombstone
Most places need a committee; Tombstone needed Edna. The Town Too Tough to Die was on life support when Edna Landin came to town in 1949. It was...
From Disgrace to Doctor
George Goodfellow was kicked out of one career before becoming an international success in another. Of all the characters who graced the streets of...
Leaving Town
The McLaury brothers planned to get out of Tombstone… One of the ironies of the OK Corral shootout—participants/Cow-boys Frank and Tom McLaury...
Cowboy Hats and Western Boots
The two most recognizable fashion icons of the American West are selling out worldwide. Born out of necessity in the post-Civil War West, the...
Helldorado
When did someone realize that the historic area of the gunfight was a good investment for tourism? The Gunfight didn’t occur at the OK Corral but...
When Did Tombstone Begin to Go Into Decline?
They began to have seepage in the mines in the early 1880s. During the mid-1880s the mines penetrated the water table and the companies invested in...
The Earps’ Flight After the Fight
The lawmen’s route from Arizona to New Mexico and Colorado is a grand adventure. The Gunfight That Wasn’t at the O.K. Corral was over, Billy Clanton...
Deaths with Dignity
A Tombstone woman ensured doomed men received some respect. Nellie Cashman made a name for herself in Tombstone, as a successful businesswoman as...
An Arizona Adventure
The Earp brothers’ trail from Prescott to Tombstone is a treasure trove of historic sites. Wyatt Earp, his lawmen brothers and Doc Holliday are best...
What History Has Taught Me: Samuel K. Dolan
Writer, Producer, Historian Samuel K. Dolan is a writer and Emmy Award-winning television producer based in Montana. His career in film and...