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Wyatt Earp Days 2010

By admin, on June 5th, 2010%

Wyatt Earp Days

For better or worse, I live in California, not Arizona. But my “day job” involves a good deal of travel, so I usually visit Tombstone when my job requires me to go to Arizona. I was fortunate to be working in Tucson this last Memorial Day weekend and had time to take in . . . → Read More: Wyatt Earp Days 2010

Of Tribbles & Tombstone: The Star Trek-OK Corral Connection

By admin, on June 1st, 2010%

My fascination with the famous gunfight in Tombstone did not begin with a book or western movie…it began with an episode of Star Trek, of all things.

In the original series episode titled “Spectre of the Gun”, the crew of the Enterprise encounters (of course) a strange alien species that doesn’t take kindly to Kirk and company . . . → Read More: Of Tribbles & Tombstone: The Star Trek-OK Corral Connection

Dispelling Tombstone Myth #241: The Wells Spicer/Earp Family Connection

By admin, on May 6th, 2010%

Several bloggers and would-be historians have stated as gospel that Wells Spicer was born in the same town as Wyatt Earp and was either cousin to the Earp brothers or related by marriage. Juicy stuff, seeing that Spicer was the justice of the peace that presided over the preliminary trial that would determine if the three . . . → Read More: Dispelling Tombstone Myth #241: The Wells Spicer/Earp Family Connection