Tombstone - "The Town Too Tough To Die." An old gold and silver mining camp and home to the film of the same name. They also mined manganese in WW1 and lead in WW2.
"When Ed Schieffelin came to Camp Huachuca with a party of soldiers and left the fort to prospect, his comrades told him that he'd find his tombstone rather than silver. Thus, in 1877 Schieffelin named his first claim the Tombstone, and rumors of rich strikes made a boomtown of the settlement that adopted this name."
Rick shooting Wyatt Earp. Earp was a Marshal with his brother Morgan, when their brother Virgil was Deputy Sheriff. Along with Doc Holliday, they were involved in the famous Gunfight at the OK Corral, which apparently started over six mules.
The undertakers do a good trade in Tombstone."You furnish the bones and we'll furnish the stones."
The OK Corral is nowhere near here, but some of the fight took place on this road, Fremont Street.
Some whiskey
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