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HAPPINESS is to have EVERYTHING
you NEED,
NOT the NEED to have EVERYTHING
This month’s Travel Plans:
7. Jan. 20th Willis, TX at Lake Conroe (TT) RVP x 12 nights. (190m)
Seguin, TX -Overnight (156m)
4. Feb. 2nd Lakehills, TX at Medina Lake RVR (TT) x 13 nights (71m)
5. Feb. 15th Fort Stockton, TX overnight
6. Feb. 16th El Paso, TX – overnight
7. Feb. 17th Deming, NM overnight
8. Feb. 18th Benson, AZ at Valley Vista RVR(T3) x13 nights
Phoenix, AZ overnight
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2.25.2019 -Visiting Tombstone, AZ
Life size murals dot the landscape depicting life in Arizona.
Tombstone, as well as our campground, is surrounded by mountains on 2-3 sides… Awesome!
(Text <Italics> on the Scheiffelin Hall taken from Wikipedia)
The Cochise County Courthouse, opened in 1882 and was built in 1882. Cost of construction about $43 thousand, and still strands today.
These four dudes are the actors that will portray the Shootout at the OK Coral in a few minutes. They are representing Doc Holliday, Morgan, Virgil and Wyatt Earp. As you all know all four will survive the shootout, not so good for the bad guys. They would be Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy and Ike Canton, you can find them at Boothill. As you might already know, the police chief of Tombstone, at the time, was Virgil Earp, not Wyatt. Wyatt and brother Morgan were sworn in at the last minute by brother Virgil, to fend off the Clanton’s and McLaury’s.
Shielfellin Hall
When the hall opened on the corner of Fremont and Fourth Streets in June 8, 1881,[2] it seated 450 on the floor and 125 more in the gallery. The stage drop curtain was painted with a scene from Colorado and was considered a work of art. The building was the center for city entertainment and social events in Tombstone with formal balls and theatrical performances. When it opened, it was “the largest, most elaborate theater between El Paso, Texas and San Francisco, California.” The first play, Tom Taylor’s five-act drama, The Ticket-of-Leave Man, was staged on September 15, 1881.[2] The Hall was scorched by a large fire that burned many
blocks in 1882.
Schieffelin, his brother Ed, and their mining engineer partner Richard Gird formed a partnership, shaking hands on a three-way deal that was never put down on paper. The company they formed, the Tombstone Gold and Silver Mining Company, held title to the claims and worked the mines.[3] They brought in two big strikes, the Lucky Cuss and the Tough Nut. The company produced millions of dollars of wealth for the three owners.
Schieffelin, his brother Ed, and their mining engineer partner Richard Gird formed a partnership, shaking hands on a three-way deal that was never put down on paper. The company they formed, the Tombstone Gold and Silver Mining Company, held title to the claims and worked the mines.[3] They brought in two big strikes, the Lucky Cuss and the Tough Nut. The company produced millions of dollars of wealth for the three owners.
Some original artifacts from the 1880s, not sure about the skeleton!
The Tombstone Epitaph was the newspaper de hour in the 1880’s. The Epitaph reported the Gunfight which made news around the country and further.
Some of the Historical Buildings of the town.
I think I read that Morgan Earp was shot dead, in the back, playing pool in the saloon above, I’m pretty sure.
Everything we were, we carry with us. Everything we will be, is calling to us, from the roads not travelled yet.” pjgrenier