History is not always kind to people. Take Billy Breakenridge, a Cochise County deputy under John Behan during Tombstone’s troubled times. Movies...
Not A Big Name But John Rockfellow had a big impact on Southeast Arizona.
John Rockfellow was a big figure in Tombstone’s history, even if his name isn’t well known. He moved to the area in 1881 at age 23 and established...
Tombstone’s Jails Tombstone’s first jail or lockup was an adobe structure on Fremont St. near the one built in 1882 that stands there today...
Locations of the offices and jails in Tombstone before the completion of the county courthouse and city hall in 1882 are difficult to pin down as...
The Pen Is Mightier…? Two Tombstone editors nearly had a duel.
It was almost a different kind of Tombstone gunfight. Sam Purdy, editor of The Epitaph, challenged Independent Editor Patrick Hamilton to a duel...
Tom Clavin’s Tombstone New from the New York Times Bestselling Author
The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the O.K. Corral by the New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City...
The Under The Bed Shootout A Tombstone fight like no other.
A 1908 gunfight was one of the most unusual in Tombstone’s history. On June 20, Marcello Mendez shot a woman three times in a local house. The...
Telephone Service To Tombstone By the time telephone line was strung, the Earp’s already left Tombstone.
During an interview with John Flood in the 1920s, Wyatt Earp stated he received a phone call from Bob Paul in Benson following the attempted...
Love? And Marriage The Spences and their role in the Morgan Earp murder.
For Pete Spence, marriage was a godsend of sorts. He was accused in the March 18, 1882 assassination of Morgan Earp in Tombstone. Spence’s wife...
The Russells And Earps Actors Bing and Kurt Russell and Tombstone
Kurt Russell made a big impression on Western fans with his portrayal of Wyatt Earp in 1993’s “Tombstone.” There are family connections to the Earp...
The Day The Rails Reached Tucson There was cause for great celebration in Tucson on March 20th, 1880 when the Southern Pacific rolled into town marking the end of those hot, dusty stagecoach trips across barren deserts.
The building of the transcontinental railroad along the 32nd Parallel was a major milestone in Arizona history. Up to then the main means of...
All In The Family
Tombstone finally gets its due and Jeb Rosebrook rides on.
Death of a Cowboy, the Birth of a Legend
The final, fateful days of John Ringo.