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- Fire chief under investigation for chopper dispute
Quinn Schuler reports Fire chief under investigation for chopper dispute On December 5, 2008, a two car accident happened on Highway 82 between Whetstone and Tombstone.
- Lamb on the Run: Sarcophagus, Ariz., the town too tough to spell
Editor's note: This column by Jim Lamb ran in January 2001, and he thought you might like to look at some of his earlier writing.
- Tombstone musician strums on rare 18-string guitar
Johnny Bencomo plays his custom-made 18-string guitar on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, in Bisbee, Ariz.
- Be sure to get in the loop
Take your holiday guests on a day trip to several vacation-worthy locales By Doug Kreutz Published: 12.28.2008 It can be just a little slice of heaven to have family members and friends gathered at your house ...
- Rare Bugatti for sale for Automobiles of Amelia Island
Click on the picture to enlarge RM Auctions has announced a rare 1927 Bugatti Type 51 and a one-of-a-kind 1911 Oldsmobile Autocrat - Yellow Peril' race car as two early highlights for their - Automobiles of ...
- Explore ghost town on San Pedro River Loop
The town of Fairbank was created during southern Arizona's silver boom. It was a transportation hub, the site of a train station, hotel, restaurant, saloon and schoolhouse.
- Friends mourn the death of teenage girl
Tombstone High School students are mourning the death of one classmate and praying that another will pull through.
- Tucson Time Capsule : Winter Storm Backed up I-10
The storm that hit Southern Arizona on Dec. 7, 1978, did not drop any measurable snow in Tucson, but it did leave the city shivering with a 39-degree high for the day.
- Girl, 14, Dies In Crash; 1 Hurt
A 14-year-old Sierra Vista girl was killed and a 16-year-old boy badly hurt in a wreck west of Tombstone, the Arizona Department of Public Safety says.
- Poker room not in cards
A place to legally play poker just isn't in the cards for Flagstaff. The Flagstaff Board of Adjustment, citing a 1916 law outlawing poker and other card games, rejected a formal appeal by two businessmen who ...
- Desert Christmas tree
This cactus in Tombstone, Ariz., has grown to more than 20 feet tall. With its red fruit, its owner says it is his Christmas tree.
- Tombstone Exploration's Summer Drill Program Makes Mass Discovery of Manganese
Manganese is currently priced between $1.00 to $1.50/lb and is the fourth largest metal consumed in the world behind iron, aluminum, and copper.
- Historic press a tribute to Ariz's 1st newspaper
James Pagels knows a thing or two about the power of the press. In his case, however, he supplies the power.
- Wyatt Earp
"Wyatt Earp." 27 February 2008. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2008. Maps: Earp , Wyatt , a United States frontier peace officer, gunfighter, and gambler.
- Tombstone in the Raw
No matter how wild the mythmakers have depicted the life of the early days of Tombstone, Arizona, it never has come near the unvarnished brutal nature of the reality.
- Take Advantage Of Arizona Airfare And Affordable Travel
The state of Arizona has so much to offer and with AZ airfares being affordable in the shoulder and off-peak seasons we really should come and discover the state.
- Geography of Glendale
"Geography of Glendale." 30 March 2008. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2008. Glendale, Arizona, a city in Maricopa County, in the south-central part of the state.
- Geography of Tombstone
"Geography of Tombstone." 30 March 2008. HowStuffWorks.com. 20 November 2008. Tombstone, Arizona, a town in Cochise County, about 75 miles southeast of Tucson.
- New postmaster in Pirtleville
Brenda Hernandez, left, is sworn in by Nancy S. Hertel, manager of U.S. Post Office operations in Tucson, as the new postmaster in Pirtleville.
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City DescriptionTombstone is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, founded in 1879 by Ed Schieffelin in what was then the Arizona Territory. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 1,569, a decline from its early years.
In the summer of 1877 prospector Ed Schieffelin was working the hills east of the San Pedro River in the southeast portion of the Arizona Territory, when he came across a vein of very rich silver ore in a high plateau called Goose Flats. When Schieffelin filed his mining claim he named it "The Tombstone", after a warning given him by a passing soldier. While telling the soldier about his rock collecting experiences, the soldier told him that the only rock he was likely to collect among the waterless hills and warring Apaches of the area would be his own tombstone.
The town of Tombstone was founded in 1879, taking its name from the mining claim, and soon became a boomtown. Fueled by mineral wealth, Tombstone was a city of 1000 by the beginning of 1881, and within another year Tombstone had become the seat of a new county (Cochise County) with a population between 5,000 and 15,000, and services including refrigeration (with ice cream and ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:- Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park
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