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April 1881 – Bob Paul, former Wells Fargo agent, becomes Pima County Sheriff after a protracted challenge over the November 1880 election results. April 1881- Tombstone’s city council reorganized the City Marshal’s office as a police department, and established a Chief of Police for the city of 4,000.
March 3, 1848 – Robert Findley “Frank” McLaury was born in Merideth, New York. He and his brother Tom would eventually lose their lives in the most famous gunfight in the history of the Old West – the O.K. Corral shootout. March 15, 1881 – Kinnear and Company’s stagecoach that carried $26,000 in Wells Fargo [...]
November 2, 1880 – Initial results gave incumbent Charles Shibell a slim lead over Bob Paul for Pima County Sheriff. Bob challenged the count, and in April 1881 the courts declared him the winner. November 4, 1879 – George Hinckle defeated “Bat” Masterson for the position of Sheriff for Ford County, Kansas by a vote [...]
June 4, 1880 – John Clum was appointed postmaster of Tombstone. June 22, 1880 – Mike Killeen attempted to ambush “Buckskin” Frank Leslie in the Cosmopolitan Hotel for having an affair with his wife, when George Perine walked in. A gunfight ensued and Mike was killed. Frank and George were arrested for murder, but the [...]
May 1, 1880 – The Tombstone Epitaph began publishing daily and weekly editions. John Clum, founder, wrote a two-column editorial which appeared on the front page. It said, in part: “Tombstone is a city set upon a hill, promising to vie with ancient Rome upon her seven hills, in a fame different in character but [...]
WASHINGTON – National parks from California to New Mexico will offer some of the best eclipse-viewing opportunities on May 20 when the first solar eclipse viewable in the U.S. in the last 18 years darkens the sky before sunset. “This will be spectacular,” said National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis. “There are 33 national [...]
Fee-free National Park Week and Junior Ranger Day at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Picture yourself at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument for free! During National Park Week, April 21-29, ALL 397 of your national parks offer free admission, all week long. The staff at Gila Cliff Dwellings invites you to enjoy the 1-mile roundtrip [...]
April 15: The Biogeography of Oak Creek and the Verde River Basin: A Bridge Through Space and Time at Red Rock State Park, Arizona 2 pm Park Theatre. Red Rock State Park will present Dr. Larry Stevens during their Sunday Lecture Series in April. Dr. Stevens will address The Biogeography of Oak Creek and the [...]
April 4: First Time Hikers to the Sonoran Desert, Lost Dutchman SP 9 am. This hike is an introduction to hiking in the Sonoran Desert. The hike starts on Treasure Loop Trail, and converges to Jacob Crosscut Trail. The trail includes a small steeper and rockier section followed by a smooth, well maintained section giving [...]
Spend Your Saturdays in April at Oracle State Park! Oracle SP is open Saturdays only through April 28 and will be closing for the summer. Join us for guided bird walks, journal making workshop, and tour the historic Kannally Ranch House. Celebrate Earth Day with Oracle SP and hike a portion of the Arizona Trail. [...]
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