Boom Town
Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 @ 9:23 am
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John Clum, Wyatt & Sadie/Josie Earp, George Parsons, Nellie Cashman--all lived in Tombstone in 1881, all lived long lives, and all spent many years in mining camps in many places. This short paragraph expresses an important force in all those lives, and in the lives of many less heralded folks who mined, or lived near mines. To all appearances, everyone on this list would have lived pretty much the same life with or without the savage gunfight which appears to define the Tombstone story.
A Context for Tombstone
Posted on Sunday, June 6, 2004 @ 1:24 am
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Where, Exactly, is Tombstone?
Wyatt moves to Tombstone
Posted on Thursday, May 27, 2004 @ 10:05 pm
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Already in 1881 the Tombstone tale was known to be so bizarre that it generated preposterous coverage, and distance from the events hasn't improved the situation. The "primary" sources are biased, contradictory, and sometimes just wrong. So are many of the websites, and much of the printed material. Some sources which seem to be reliable are largely fiction.
