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Tombstone’s Clipped History - Page 1 See more at facebook.com/tombstone.times An Earth Shaking Experience - by Janice Davis - Page 2 Interesting historical tidbits of news and information about the Town Too Tough to die. Tombstone Directory - Page 4 May 04, 1887 - Tombstone Epitaph No Need to Wait -The Doctor is In - by Karen Mazzeo - Page 6 EARTH SHAKING. Scores of Elegantly Dressed Ladies - by Rita Ackerman - Page 8 Tombstone Visited By a Severe Earthquake Early Tombstone Performers - by Kathy Franz - Page 9 Yesterday. Bringing Freemasonry to the Territories - Pt. 5 - Page 12 Yesterday evening just as the hands on the dial of the lock pointed to three, there was a shock of Corral Shotgun Ads - Page 16 & 17 an earthquake, such as was never felt in Arizona. Day Trip from Tombstone by Janice- Page 18 Notwithstanding the fact that no previous warning of its approach by prophecy, or otherwise had Comics - Pages 17 & 19 been given, when the shock was felt no time was May 2020 - Volume 18 - Issue 5 - No. 209 - ISSN 1942-096X lost in the vacation of the various structures of the Published Monthly in Tombstone, Arizona by Goose Flats Graphics & Publishing city. Allen street presented such an appearance of P.O. Box 813, Tombstone Arizona - (520) 457-3884 excitement as was never before witnessed. But be U.S. Subscription rate is still just $22.00 per year postpaid (12 issues) it said to the credit of the citizens of this city, there Canada/Mexico Subscription rate is $26.00 per year in U.S. funds. Foreign Subscription rate is $33.00 per year in U.S. funds. was less display of fear than is common on such Online PDF Subscriptions are $9.00 per year Worldwide! occasions. By all who had ever experienced such Mail your payment along with your Name and Mailing Address to: shock, it was pronounced to be exceedingly severe Goose Flats Graphics - P.O. Box 813 - Tombstone, Arizona 85638 and to those who had never felt the quakings of You can also subscribe online at: TombstoneTimes.com mother earth, the half minutes suspense was ©2020 Goose Flats Graphics and Publishing terrible. The shock lasted fully thirty seconds “We are dedicated to preserving Tombstone’s Historic Past”

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TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 1 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA An Earth Shaking Experience A Fire in the Hills and A Shaking of the Ground c by Janice Davis c t was a Tuesday afternoon in May and the day’s sun was scorching the desert grasslands Ithat surrounded the town sites and ranches in Cochise County … Arizona Territory. The hillsides were thick with the vegetation that sprang from the winter’s rains and the spring’s wild grasses grew tall amongst the prickly pear cacti. As far as the eye could see the once green lushness of wild grass had become an ever-present lifeless brown. The drovers that were rounding up the cattle near the Abbott Ranch just east of Tombstone were working their way through the wild mesquite and prickly scrub brush as they noticed in the distance rocks falling and dust rising on the western side of the valley. Not more than a few seconds later the scene was repeated on the eastern side of this property. The ground began to heave and the parched earth opened up in every direction. In one place far up the mountainside, a stream of pure water 10 inches in diameter began belching forth producing a lake a mile wide. And water came bubbling from the hillsides THE EARTHMOVER!! that had never before even been damp. A subdued roaring sound made its way across the plains comparable to an approaching wind or wagons rumbling in the distance. The moment brought cracks and fissures in the earth as well as their adobe dwellings. And the shocks eventually threw the cattle to the ground and left horse and man rolling with the undulation.

MLS# 6050161 - This acreage is completely fenced with a It was May 3, 1887, and these cowboys had just gate for access offering privacy and keeping free range cattle experienced the effects of an earthquake whose at bay, yet allowing nature to visit your paradise. Well groomed epicenter was less than 80 miles south in Sonora dirt roads provide access to property. Less than an hour to Mexico. The village of Bavispe 40 miles south of the Bisbee and 35 minutes to Tombstone. This land, with the soul stirring views, sunrises and sunsets is where one finds peace, Mexico/Arizona border felt the brunt of the earth’s where one finds tranquility.$24,000 - Lot 57 N Last TRL 57, shake. Their many residences, stores, and churches Elfrida, AZ 85610 collapsed leaving the town virtually destroyed. And forty-two lives were lost out of a population of 700. MLS# 6048430 - This 13.31 acre parcel is zoned RU-4. It is a corner lot and easily traversed dirt roads lead to property. It Throughout Cochise County just above the Mexican is a 15 minute drive to Bisbee and a 30 minute drive to Sierra border, many ranches and settlements felt the effects Vista. It offers 360 degree views by day and so many twinkling stars dancing and melding with the lights of Sierra Vista by of the 7.2-estimated magnitude earthquake. At CALL OR TEXT ME night. Close enough to everything yet the rural setting leads the San Bernardino Ranch owned by then Cochise Sheri Kollar - Realtor® one to believe they are a million miles away. $14,995 - Lot 27 County Sheriff John Slaughter two adobe buildings E Windmill RD 27, Tombstone, AZ 85638 [email protected] were instantly thrown down and all but destroyed. ® Sheri Kollar - Realtor - [email protected] There had been only 120 whole adobe bricks found Bisbee Realty Inc. in the ruins after the great shake where originally a 10 Naco Road Bisbee, Arizona 85603 total of 7000 had been used to form the walls that now Rosalie Butler Broker lay in crumbles. It was reported in the June 1, 1887, 520-266-9755 Continued on next page

TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 2 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA From Previous Page North of the Bisbee Mule Mountains lays the Tombstone Epitaph that a lake covering a number Sulphur Springs valley. Here residents of this valley of acres between the San Bernardino and Batetto were violently rocked by this quake where the soil ranches disappeared entirely almost immediately burst open with discharges of water, while the wells after the shock. The lake was known to contain overflowed and were partially filled with sand. The many fish, but none were left on the bottom. This Tucson Daily Star of May 6, 1887, made mention of ranch was almost directly north of the epicenter and the immense rush of waters in the Sulphur Springs certainly felt the impact of the quake that fortunately Valley caused by the earthquake and that a large took no lives here but did demolish a smokehouse number of new springs have burst forth. A few weeks and milk house and the dwellings of adobe that once later these journals reported that the new streams protected the families residing in this valley. that sprang forth due to the earthquake have not ceased to flow. And one source from the Engineering A bit northwest of the Slaughter Ranch the town and Mining Journal mentions that there was a party of of Bisbee too felt the impact of the earth’s shaking. surveyors in the area. These men could distinctly see Miners 400 feet below the surface felt the shock while the wave of the quake approach and were cognizant people above ground rushed to the streets in their own of the movement when the earth would rock and did form of shock. The May 4th edition of the Tombstone rock beneath their feet. Prospector that year noted that here in Bisbee glass rattled in the windows at a fearful rate, billiards balls The residents of Tombstone to the west of the Sulphur rolled from the racks, houses rocked like a cradle, Springs Valley were startled out of their buildings. The dishes and bottles fell from walls, and the Catholic shake lasting form 40 – 100 seconds commenced with Church received a large crack in one corner. a low rumbling noise and was followed by two violent shocks. Walls of the hotels swayed and foundations This same edition mentions that from the first were disarranged. Chimneys tumbled down and sound it seemed as if heavy artillery had turned loose plaster on the outside walls of homes cracked and as there was a rumbling and grumbling not heard peeled off. Glassware crashed to the floor as well as before. And thankfully not only was there no loss of the globes from the chandeliers in the Crystal Palace lives in Bisbee but the quake left no visible damage Saloon that fell from their precarious perch above to the structure of the mines for the timbers were not the heads of the patrons. There was little damage in dislodged. See Earthquake on page 11

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Tombstone, Arizona 85638 Gunfighter & Ghost Tours Big Nose Kate’s Saloon & Rest. (520) 457-3142 Nightly at 6:00 pm Entertainment, drinks & food. MARKETS/GAS (520) 255-0474 417 Allen Street - (520) 457-3107 Tombstone Monument Guest Ranch Apache Market 895 West Monument Road, Tombstone, AZ 85638 Into The West Jeep Tours Food, frozen meats, vegetables, DVD rentals and more. See Ghost Towns, Historic Sites, Breathtaking Views Breakfast at Moe’s (520) 457-7299 (520) 559-2151 Breakfast served from 7am - 10am. Closed Sunday 10th & Fremont Streets - (520) 457-9294 18 West Allen Street - (520) 457-3738 Tombstone Silver Nickel Cabin OK Corral & Historama Circle K Food Store & Gas Re-enacted Gunfight at Noon, 2pm & 3:30 pm daily Coffee Plus Liquor, beer, snacks, convenience foods. 87 W. Rainbow Road, Tombstone, AZ 85638 Historama throughout the day. Hot Beverages & Treats - Open at 7a.m. Sumner & Bruce Streets - (520) 457-3941 (520) 508-1567 Allen St. Between 3rd & 4th - (520) 457-3456 106 S. 4th Street - (520) 457-2265 Family Dollar Old Butterfield Stage Coach Snacks, toiletries, toys, pet items etc... BED & BREAKFASTS Narrated stagecoach tours of Old Tombstone Allen St. in front of the OK Corral Crazy Annie’s Saloon 208 N. Sumner Street - 520-210-7010 Belly up to the bar and have a beer. 17 Crazy Annie’s Bordello Old Tombstone Historical Tours Ike’s Gas & Mini Market 10th & Allen Streets - (520) 457-3847 95 S. 10th Street 17 15 minute narrated stagecoach tour Gas, snacks, convenience foods. (520) 457-3847 Allen St. near 5th St. - (520) 457-3018 Crystal Palace Saloon 117 E. Fremont Street - 520-265-5252

Liquor, beer & food. Marie’s Engaging B & B Old Tombstone Western Town 5th & Allen Streets - (520) 457-3611 M & J Auto Services 101 N. 4th Street Gunfights & more. Dependable Auto Service. Since 1983. (520) 457-3831 4th & Toughnut Streets - (520) 457-9035 The Depot Steak House 111 S. 14th St. - (520) 457-3129 Lunch & Dinner. Tombstone Bordello B & B The Saloon Theatre 10th & Allen Streets - (520) 457-3961 107 W. Allen St. Historical indoor gunfights. LODGING (520) 457-2394 109 S. Third Street - (520) 457-8802 MOTELS / HOTELS / RENTALS Doc Holliday’s Saloon Tombstone Ghosts and Legends Full Service Bar. Pool. Poker. Allen Street Inn Virgil’s Corner B & B Tombstone’s History told as never before. 513 E. Allen Streets - (520) 457-2247 101 E. Allen Street 97 E. Fremont Street 426 E. Allen Street (520) 255-1159 (520) 548-1025

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TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 5 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA No Need to Wait - The Doctor is In Dr. John Elmer Bacon by Karen Mazzeo

don’t know anyone who doesn’t love bacon! That and sub zero temperatures formed sheets of ice that crispy saltiness with a few fried eggs and a cup clung to anything it could get a hold of. Grace soon Iof coffee on a lazy Sunday morning is sheer discovered that she was unable to tolerate the winters perfection. But what you may not know is that the so Dr. Bacon took her west to Arizona Territory where residents of Tombstone loved bacon too but not the they settled at Fort Grant, Graham County. He bacon I’m speaking of. Their love of bacon was for a worked as a surgeon until 1901, when he was offered Tombstone doctor named John Elmer Bacon. a contract to work as a doctor and surgeon at the Born to the parents of Morgan L. and Eva Bailey county hospital in Tombstone. Later known as the Dr. Bacon, John was born in Blossburg, Tioga County, Bacon Hospital and Sanitarium it was an institution Pennsylvania on March 1, 1869. From a very young to be proud of. It was wonderful of, “Dr. Bacon to age John wanted to know just how things worked establish a modern sanitarium on Cochise County and went to extremes in order to answer his intense hills” and he without a doubt spared no expense in curiosity. At age two he began dissecting bugs and making it, “the ideal hospital of the southwest.” toys and by age six he moved to the family cat where Many came from near and far just to see him. he performed an operation using an axe. How did his One patient once remarked, “It is a pleasure to be father feel about this, one may ask? The majority of in pain in that hospital; the nurses understand parents would be appalled that their child would even their business, and the ordeal is over before you consider such a heinous act; however, his father felt realize it.” Well respected and admired, he was quite the opposite. Earning his medical degree from Cochise County’s answer to any woes. Miners were the Long Island College Hospital in New York on June especially grateful. A dangerous and sometimes fatal 26, 1873, Morgan L. was quite impressed with the Continued on Next Page surgical skills his son performed on the unfortunate ND U FI S family pet. In his medical opinion, the operation was

O P accomplished with so much precision, “neatness and 18N A T M dispatch that it convinced . . .” him that his son, “. . HE . was destined to become a surgeon.” So John went to school and, “began his education accordingly.” He later worked as a physician in Buffalo while his brother Morgan (named after their father) studied medicine at the University of Buffalo. With the exception of their sister Dana who went into real estate in Model City, New York, the Bacon brothers seemed to be a chip off their old dad. I guess there is some truth in that old 787 E. Allen Street ~ Tombstone, AZ adage, “like father like son.” After graduating in October of 1892 from the Tombstone’s Newest Lodging Choice University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Bacon ended up in the little town of Elmira, New York located a short distance north of the Pennsylvania border. It was All the amenities of a modern hotel there he became acquainted with Miss Grace James. room but in a perfectly rustic setting. A Pennsylvania native herself, her father John James moved the family to Elmira where he worked as a baker. Around 1897, they married and began their new life. Each room offers unique views of A generally blissful time for many; their happiness Tombstone’s Mining District from your was subdued after Grace caught tuberculosis. It was private balcony. around that time that she also discovered she was Located right on Allen Street just two expecting. On April 25, 1898 a baby boy was born but blocks from all the major Attractions. sadly, James Sherwood Bacon did not live long. He died nine months later on January 29, 1899. Tombstone Miners Cabins New York winters were frigid. Arctic blasts brought 787 E. Allen Street ~ Tombstone, AZ bone chilling winds; storms brought blankets of snow MinersCabins.com - 940-389-9516

TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 6 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA From Previous Page on December 17th just one week before Christmas. profession, it was necessary to have a skilled doctor Her death was a shock to all in Tombstone. She was a on hand. With his expertise, vast knowledge kind and gentle woman; one who lived a good and skill he was unanimously appointed and moral life dedicated by the values of as chief surgeon of the Tombstone her Christian faith. Taking her remains Consolidated Mines Company. As a to Wellsboro, Pennsylvania he had her delegate of the American Medical buried in the Wellsboro Cemetery Association Dr. Bacon kept up on the same cemetery his father was the most modern of procedures buried in one month prior on and equipment. He often November 9, 1909. traveled back east to New York After Grace’s death his mother to visit the larger hospitals and Eva Bacon came to visit. They medical institutions including took the train west to California the Mayo Brothers located in in March of 1910 for a three Rochester, Minnesota. He was week stay before heading to indeed a busy man as he kept New York to board a ship the citizens of Cochise County headed for London, England happy and in good health. and Berlin, Germany where Dr. His patients placed him on a Bacon devoted several months pedestal much like a king on his of intense study at the medical throne; some even believed he institutions. Upon his return could simply wave his magic wand home in June of 1910, he was and cause, “life’s ills to vanish” but offered a position as chief surgeon not even the good doctor could save of the Miami Copper Company someone destined for the grim reaper. Hospital near Globe. The people of Dr. Bacon learned life’s lesson the hard Cochise County were unhappy to hear way after Grace caught pneumonia in he was leaving and his departure was the winter of 1909. Her system had weakened from the melancholy for all who knew and loved him. tuberculosis and as hard as he tried she passed away See Dr. Bacon on page 15

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chieffelin Hall was the site of a Fourth of for Children.” (Epitaph, September 22, 1881.) July ball in 1881. It was described as being In November D. McCarty and Mr. G. W. Stewart Sdecorated with brilliant lights, beautiful announced they would be opening a dancing school. decorations, and scores of elegantly dressed ladies Inquiries could be made at Mrs. Stewart’s millinery and gentlemen. As was common in descriptions of store at 425 Fremont Street. local social festivities, the gowns of many of the ladies were described: Mrs. Addie Bourland, who also had a millinery shop on Fremont (just east of Third Street) was one of the Miss Alice Morgan – Black silk with white overdress, witnesses at the hearing on the Gunfight at the O.K. tastefully ornamented with cardinal satin ribbon and Corral. She stated, in part: “I live on Fremont street. black bugles; Jewelry, cardinal roses set in gold’ hair Am a dressmaker by occupation. I live immediately in looped braid and montague, with crushed cardinal opposite Fly’s house. I saw five men opposite my roses. house, on the afternoon of October 26th, leaning Mrs. B. H. Taylor – Black velvet with white over against the small house west of Fly’s, and one of dress, ornamented with light blue satin and black them holding a horse; the man with the horse was bugles; amethyst and diamond jewelry; hair in standing outside. I suppose these five to be cow-boys. duchess braids and waves. I saw four men coming down the street toward them. Miss Bush – Pale pink bunting ornamented with A man in a long coat walked up to the man with the pale blue satin ribbon; jewelry plain; hair done high horse and put a pistol to his stomach, and then the in braids, puffs and frizzes. man with the coat stepped back about three feet. I was sitting in my house at the window when I saw Mrs. Stewart – Dark lavender silk, trimmed with this. Then shooting commenced in a very few seconds fringe; elegant diamond jewelry; hair done high in after this. I don’t know which party fired first; it was puffs impossible to tell. I was looking at both parties, but Mrs. Moses – Dark drab cashmere, ornamented no one in particular. I did not know the man with the with pink ribbon; plain jewelry; hair low in coil and long coat at the time of the shooting. [Witness points Saratoga waves, ornamented with pink ribbon. out Doc Holliday as the man with the long coat on.] Mrs. Charles Glover – Pink and black brocaded silk, She was asked some specifics and then added: diamond jewelry. Hair in a neat coil, ornamented with “I continued to look at the parties until the firing pink and blue rose buds. commenced, when I got up and went in my back And the list went on. room. The first thing that the five cow-boys did when the other party approached them was to raise up and There were a number of dressmakers or milliners in come out to meet them from the side of the house. I Tombstone at that time. cannot tell how many shots were fired before I left the One was Madam Duclos whose window. At the time I left the window ad in the Epitaph for December 15, it looked as if all were shooting. I saw 1880, announced “to the ladies of no parties fall at the time I left the Tombstone that she has opened a window.” (Epitaph, Nov. 20, 1881) first class dressmaking establishment It took the town time to settled back on the corner of Third and Toughnut down after the gunfight and other streets. Patterns received monthly from events but life did go on. Mrs. A. P Paris and London. Perfect satisfaction Frary opened a first class millinery guaranteed.” establishment on Fifth Street on There was a millinery establishment December 28, 1881. She reportedly with a full and select stock of goods at had the finest and best selected stock the end of June 1881. Inquiries were to outside of San Francisco. be made at 425 Fremont Street. In 1882, Mrs. Frary advertised for two apprentices Mrs. Stewart opened or possibly reopened her to learn dressmaking at her shop of Fifth Street establishment at that address in September. She between Allen and Fremont. Hopefully some young would have “a full assortment of Hats, Bonnets, ladies took on the task of learning dressmaking so a Velvets, Plushes, Ribbons, Flowers and Feathers, new generation of beautiful gowns would be available direct from New York; also a full assortment of Hats for the ladies of Tombstone. 1

TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 8 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA Early Tombstone Performers c by Kathy Franz c he Tombstone Epitaph and Nugget newspapers During Octoroon, the Nugget noticed a sway in didn’t agree on much, but In December 1880, public opinion. Two scenes contained discourses Tthey both definitely agreed that the Nellie on mob rule and lynching. The audience applauded Boyd Troupe of entertainers was first-class. Nellie the monologue against lynching and was silent was known as “the versatile artiste,” and her during the one that promoted it. The Nugget company was called “sterling.” Although wrote that this was significant to show the they played in Tombstone in Ritchie’s “disposition of our people for law and Hall without much scenery and props, order.” An octoroon is a person who is audiences flocked to see them and one-eighth black by descent. The play many performances were sold out. was a popular melodrama with the The troupe was excellent whether heroine committing suicide in the performing tragedy, comedy, or end. farce. The troupe stayed at the The troupe was to stay for just Cosmopolitan Hotel. Maggie Boyd one week that year, but because is listed as part of the troupe, and of packed houses every night, they Nellie did have a sister named Maggie stayed another week. The Epitaph who was eight years younger than wrote: “So worthy a company as this her. Unfortunately, on December 12, should be repaid for their trouble actress Little Georgie was burned after and expense in coming to this remote coming into contact with a hot stove at corner of the earth for the people’s the hotel. Events in Tombstone during entertainment …” their stay included a daring robbery of a On November 29, their first performance man in a buckboard of $736, Marshall Ben was Fanchon, the Cricket. Local musician Mendel Sippy offering a $10 reward for the return of Meyer led the orchestra. Fanchon was repeated his lost revolver, and the moving of Judge Reilly’s another night and was also performed as a Saturday house into the street by the “Clark-Gray gang” over matinee. In addition to the plays mentioned in the ad, a disagreement of land ownership. Interestingly, a others were: The Rough Diamond, The Octoroon, Solon mine south of Charleston was named “Nellie Boyd.” Shingle, Lady of Lyons by Bulwer (a great dramatic The troupe returned in February and in December play), Bought or Lost and Won, Kathleen Mavourneen 1881 for an engagement at the recently built and Nan, and Good for Nothing. Two Orphans was Schieffelin Hall. Now, they had the scenery, props, repeated because many could not get in to see the first costumes, and stage to perform the plays correctly. performance. In Ticket-of-Leave Man, Nellie played a They did The Banker’s Daughter which had run for male character. This was known as a “pants role.” 200 nights in New York City, Forget Me Not, Celebrated The troupe’s last performance was a benefit for Case, Hazel Kirke which had already achieved the the Tombstone Hose Company No 1. It included the mark of 1,000 consecutive performances, A Case for plays Dora or the Farmer’s Iron Will and The Fool of Divorce, M’liss, Kathleen Mavourneen as a benefit for the Family with locals performing the Highland Fling. Tombstone’s Irish Land League, East Lynne, and The The performance was mired by a few hoodlums acting New Magdalen. They held a small concert on Allen up. Tombstone’s benefit for the troupe the next night and Fifth Street their second day to advertise their included the play The Hidden Hand with music by plays. locals Mendel Meyer on violin and Miles Kellogg on The Nugget wrote “… the Nellie Boyd Company has guitar. During the benefit for her, Nellie performed won the esteem of all of our citizens, not only by their her favorite piece “The Lady of Lyons.” professional merits but also by their gentlemanly Nellie’s repertoire included 21 pieces. Her emotional and ladylike deportment…” The troupe arrived just acting brought tears to the audience especially five weeks after the O.K. Corral shooting. During as Louise, the blind girl in The Two Orphans. The their stay, the “Cow-Boy Scourge” was the topic of Epitaph wrote her acting was so “natural and true the day with Governor John J. Gosper and Galeyville to bring tears to many of the fair as well as of the residents writing their complaints to the U.S. State sterner sex.” She was “thoroughly a mistress of every Department. Cow-boy Curly Bill and three of his gang part she plays” and was known for doing “unrivaled were in Charleston that week “making it lively,” and impersonations.” five cow-boys were hung in nearby Shakespeare. See Tombstone Performers on page 14

TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 9 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA REMEMBER TO REMEMBER by Janice ometimes all it takes is something to remind see, this peacock is my “remember to remember.” us that while our world seems to be crumbling His call - that voracious cry that beckons over and Saround us, there truly are things to be grateful over his plea to the world, became my symbol – my for. We just need to be brought back to the moment reminder to stop thinking about tearful things and and realize that there are uncountable things to be remember to be grateful - even if for just one thing. grateful for, why even observing a part of Mother Nature and all she encompasses can be a moment of Every time I heard his call I would stop and say gratitude. out loud, thank you. This would bring me to a place where I was not focusing on a pebble crumbling I know that as I write this, there are many out there underneath my emotional foundation. Sometimes the who have a whirlwind spinning in their world, an pebbles were bigger than I thought I could withstand, uncontrollable cyclone of happenings that can literally but I would focus on something to be grateful for. make your head spin. Just listen to the news or talk Just taking that moment when I would hear his to your neighbor or co-worker and you are constantly raucous call to stop what I was doing to remember bombarded with the worst of the worst situations to be grateful for one thing would bring to me more playing out in everyone’s world. If it’s not the economy opportunities to remember my gratitudes for many and the domino effect it has on all of us then it is things, therefore more things to be grateful for would the troubling health issues and the subsequent worry find their way into my gratitude moments. and stress that they bring upon everyone. In June of 2008, one of those larger pebbles crumbling Sometimes it just seems like our worlds are under my feet required me to leave Tombstone for a crumbling around us and we tend to only focus on month. I could not be around to hear my “remember the tiny pebbles and yes, sometimes large boulders, to remember,” the cry of a proud peacock hollering that break loose and alter our lives and not notice that out to the world. So, in correspondence via instant although a small piece of our foundation is breaking message with my Keith, he would tell me when Mr. down, there is still a solid piece, a cornerstone, that Peahead would call out and I knew at that moment holds us together. to stop and be thankful for something. My reminder What we may need is a reminder that even in the never stopped, and even though I was 7000 miles face of the worst of the worst - we still do have that away I still had a communication with the peacock’s foundation to stand upon – all is not collapsed. And I pleas and I would take that moment to say thank you find that within that space of arghhhhs - it is helpful to the Universe. to find a moment of gratitude. A few days before I was to return home, Keith told Sometimes we just need something tangible, me that he had not heard from the peacock for a day something we can visually see, something we can now and then one day ran into another and even audibly hear or something we can physically feel to upon my return there was no sign of the peacock. remind us to remember to bring our focus back to No call, no glorious spread of feathers, no beautiful things to be grateful for and not the anguish around feather tracks in the soft dirt outside. The peacock us. Remember to remember to find gratitude even was not here. when we think there is nothing to be grateful for. After getting back home and settling back in, I set That morning I looked out our kitchen window out to find out what happened to the peacock. The and there in all his glory was a peacock spreading symbol that kept me going with moments of gratitude his bloom of over 50 iridescent blue/green feathers. while far away just had to be all right, he just had to Each eye on the many feathers almost miraculously be. A phone call to a neighbor gave me the answer. opening up and saying thank you to the universe, Our beloved peacock had been chased by a coyote for this was the first time our peacock, Mr. Peahead, all the way into town. Now mind you, we live a spread his manhood since sometime the previous little over 3 miles away from the highway that runs June. I say “our peacock” but I must explain that through Tombstone and that is where he was found. this incredible feathered creature shared his life with All weathered from the scare and exhausted from the many of us out here in the outskirts of Tombstone run, he lost his spread of plumage with the stress and in our little neighborhood, so truthfully, I can’t claim was picked up and brought back home where we all ownership of him, but we sure did enjoy his presence loved him. in our life. It was days, maybe even weeks before we saw Mr. Now you might be asking what a peacock has to do Peahead again. I missed his manly call but I missed with a foundation stone in troubling times. Well, you See Remember on page 14

TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 10 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA Earthquake from page 3 Mule Mountains, the Whetstones, the San Jose’s, and the mines but one phenomenon occurred when every even the Winchester Mountains about 45 miles from clock in town stopped. Willcox in upper Cochise County were all mentioned to have active and erupting volcanoes threatening the A few miles southwest of Tombstone in the town of towns around them. Perhaps the Day of Judgment Charleston the earthquake left not one building safe had arrived some thought. to live in. The town’s existence was already on the decline and with the crumbling of what buildings were It was the massive rumbling of the earth, the left the town’s fate was sealed with the shaking of the rocking and swaying of the hillsides that set off the ground. The rich grasslands surrounding this once- rampant fires … not an erupting volcano. Stones, bustling town were generous to the cattle ranchers, rocks, and boulders crashed to the ground at such a rich with grasses for the cattle to feed upon and lush force that sparks would fly igniting the wild and dry with waters from the San Pedro River. That too would grasses that clung to the parched soil. Not a place in change with the results of this incredible earthquake. Cochise County was safe from the roaring flames that consumed the rich ranch land and fertile soil. The Also along the San Pedro River the town of Fairbank hearty citizens now had to contend with fighting a too received its share of damage when the earth’s blazing fire hopeful that the winds would not send it movement actually moved the railroad along the their way and destroy what was left of their cracked embankment as much as 12 inches and Kimballs and crumbling homes. Lake near the town was completely dried up within 20 minutes after the tremor. The rich grazing lands that once supplied ranchers with abundant grasses for their cattle were now Following the river north, the townsite of St. David destroyed. And none were more affected than the was hit hard as well. The stone schoolhouse used ranchers along the San Pedro River near the old also as a church was rocked and one wall collapsed town of Charleston. The fire destroyed all the fertile rendering it unsafe for its respective purposes. Water grazing land and the smoke hung over the valley for was thrown out of irrigation canals and in some days on end. The ash then settled upon the river places, the ground caved in. The San Pedro at this top subsequently suffocating the fish that knew these point changed from a creek narrow enough to jump waters as home. Later as the summer rains came to across to a wide riverbed. And amazingly enough, this devastated land the burnt topsoil washed away artesian water was found soon after the earthquake taking with it the fire-weakened grass roots leaving the and artesian ponds suddenly appeared in the valleys land virtually unsuitable for further cattle ranching adjacent to the town. and the men who claimed this land soon left. And the town of Benson 7 miles north suffered The wildfires burned for weeks and the skies were damage to several buildings and stores were forced covered in ash and soot. And the residents wondered to close with substantial damage to their walls. A when it would all end. Southern Pacific engine on the turntable was moved forward and backward with the brakes set as reported For months after this event aftershocks could be by both the Los Angeles Times of May 5 and the El felt at various intervals and strengths sending some Paso Times of the same day. Not far from Benson residents back onto the streets while fearing to sleep several fresh streams of water were started out of under a cracked roof. But soon buildings were crevices made by the shock and the water supply in repaired and the cracks in adobe walls reinforced. some instances was cut off entirely. The towns recovered and life continued on with stories being told for years on end of the fire in the hills and The land has shaken. The grounds had opened the shaking of the earth. up and the waters either were completely stopped or swallowed up while fresh new springs found their way Geologists today believe that the earthquake of May to the surface. Cries were heard from the streets in 1877 centered in Bavispe Mexico and felt all the way the towns in Cochise County. Ranchers were puzzled to Albuquerque New Mexico and El Paso Texas was and wondered as to the cause. And yet there was a 100,000-year quake. They theorize that perhaps not much time to ponder on these things as soon the tremors felt in this region today are aftershocks from hillsides throughout the southern part of Arizona were this event that took place 121 years ago this month. quickly completely ablaze with a torrential fire that Research on this article was gleaned from the swept the entire grasslands and fields, mountains December 1980 Special Paper No. 3 “The 1887 sides and valleys, and ranches and pastures. Earthquake in San Bernardino Valley, Sonora: The reports spread like wildfire too. Historic accounts and intensity patterns in Arizona” by Susan M. DuBois and Ann W. Rumors spread as to what has happened and Smith published by the State of Arizona Bureau where it was all happening. Stories of volcanoes of Geology and Mineral Technology and the erupting and lava flows spewing down the Huachuca University of Arizona. 1 Mountains were erroneously told and repeated. The

TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 11 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA Bringing Freemasonry to the Territories As submitted by KS 5 TL History Committee

In the latter half of the nineteenth After the war, he moved to century the American frontier was Tombstone and established comprised of the western territories an undertaking business from Oklahoma to the Pacific Northwest. The news media of the time focused with partner W.H. Ream. attention on the western territories Andrew Jackson Ritter, and undoubtedly played a significant a member of King Solomon role in the inexorable wave of intrepid No. 5 Lodge, was on duty pioneers, settlers, opportunists and prospectors that flooded into the as an undertaker in the territories. That period of time is often referred to as afternoon on Wednesday, ‘The Old West’ or ‘The Wild West’. October 26, 1881, on Allen Street in Tombstone when ANDREW JACKSON RITTER suddenly business picked ndrew Jackson “Andy” Ritter was born in up for him. He was a joint Pennsylvania about 1849. He and Emile Carey owner in the City Undertakers on Allen Street. Ahad a son named Carson Carey Ritter born At two-thirty in the afternoon, gunfire in Indiana on July 16, 1871. On the 1880 census, emanated from the direction of the OK Corral and Carson was living with his grandmother Margarett reverberated through the streets and alleys of the Ritter in Indiana. town. It was not long before another Freemason, Dr. Mr. Ritter served in the Union Army during the Civil Nelson S. Giberson, brought to Ritter the bodies of War from July 24, 1861, to January 13, 1866. A.J. Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton; killed entered as a private and advanced to corporal with in the infamous shootout with the Earps and Doc the Indiana Heavy Artillery Company A. Holiday. The funeral of Billy and the McLaury brothers was staged - and that is the right word - the very next day, a cold gray Thursday, 27 October, 1881. Andrew Jackson “Andy” Ritter propped the three caskets up in the front window of Ritter and Ream City Undertakers located on the opposite corner of the Bird Cage Theatre, behind a sign which read “Murdered on the Street of Tombstone” so they could be photographed. 405 E. Allen Street - P.O. Box 158 The Democratic Tombstone Nugget that day cried Tombstone, AZ 85638 that “Three Men” had been “Hurled Into Eternity In Located on Historic Allen Street the Duration of a Moment.” [email protected] - dambroserealestate.com The Nugget went on to publish the following report BUYING SELLING? of the funeral of the three outlaws on October 28, 1881 as follows: LINDA CAN HANDLE ALL OF YOUR REAL “It was advertised to take place at 3 o’clock, but it ESTATE NEEDS was about 4 o’clock before the cortege moved, yet a Your Local Tombstone large number had gathered at the undertaker’s long Expert with over 10 before the first time mentioned. The bodies of the Years of Experience! three men, neatly and tastefully dressed, were placed in handsome caskets with heavy silver trimmings. Upon each was a silver plate bearing the name, Honest, Experienced age, birthplace and date of the death of each. The Linda D’Ambrose Help Buying or Selling procession was headed by the Tombstone brass band Broker Your Home. playing the solemn and touching march of the dead.” CALL TEXT However, Andrew Ritter had more talent and skills (520) 404-8788 to offer his community than that of taking care of the recently departed. He was renowned for his skill in See my Featured Listing in the Corral overseeing the construction of large-scale building Classified Ads - Page 16 See Freemasons on page 20

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TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 13 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA Remember from page 10 Tombstone Performers from page 9 more just seeing him outside as I glanced out the Nellie Boyd windows. Keith found a peacock postcard and taped Nellie was born Ellen/Helen Birney in Pennsylvania it up over my computer so that I had that as my around 1848 and moved with her family to Chicago “remember to remember”, but it was not quite like ten years later. Nellie said she first took to the stage at seeing the real deal. When he did finally make an age 16. In the 1870 Chicago census, she was listed as appearance at our house his grandeur was dimmed. 22 years old and an actress. She made her New York His tail feathers gone and as if taking his manhood, City debut in 1876 as Ned Compo (a “pants role”) in his call was silenced. the Booth’s Theater production of the Flying Scud. In I knew that I did not necessarily need to hear his call the spring of that year, she performed in the Lyceum to “remember to remember” just his mere presence Theatre. During the next three years, she performed would do that for me. So I was grateful that he was in Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, St. again in our world and he survived the coyote chase. Louis, and many towns in Kansas. Plays’ names were: Off the Stage, Round the Clock, Lemons or Wedlock for Made me think of the Roadrunner cartoons, beep 7, Blue Glass, Big Bonanza, The Mulligan Guard Ball, beep, with the coyote chasing the roadrunner only My Son, and Comedy of Errors. She worked primarily this time it was a bit bigger than a roadrunner, it was in Augustin Daly’s company. a huge male peacock plodding his giant feet as fast as he could, racing to who knows where, but anywhere Nellie organized her own traveling troupe in 1877- away from that four-legged creature trying to have a 78. The troupe toured in Kansas, Montana, Nevada, meal with him! Utah, and California before coming to Arizona in November 1880. In Arizona, the troupe performed in So that morning, as I opened the blinds and saw Tucson, Tombstone, Phoenix, and Prescott. Mr. Peahead in all his manly glory spreading his tail feathers for the first time in a year, I was reminded A professor visiting the Bird Cage Theatre a few that although I was dealing with some pretty big years ago saw a poster and wrote: “… a yellowing sepia pebbles crumbling under my foundation there were poster of a very proper-looking lady in a bustled gown many many things to be grateful for, not the least staring unashamedly at me. The print was labeled of which is that beautiful call I had heard out my ‘Nellie Boyd Company.’ She was holding a parasol in window as I told his story. her small leather-gloved hands and her dark bangs curled out from under a bonnet. Her dress seemed to Sometimes we just need something to remind be of an expensive satin and a fashionable design.” us to remember – we all do – mine was a peacock in Tombstone. A peacock, who in 2008 survived In Prescott on Christmas Eve 1880, some young his enemy, his nemesis and ran for his life. Your men disturbed the theatre during acts, and she was something could be a wind chime singing with the also robbed of $1,000. Afterward, the troupe went to gentle breezes. Perhaps the clock chime that resounds New Mexico. Nellie had two managers during these with beauty each hour can be your reminder. The early years. John W. Toohey left the troupe in January aroma of a rose garden may be your own personal 1880 and was replaced by George Welty. “remember to remember.” Or maybe, the sound of In the spring of 1881, the troupe performed in children laughing can bring you back to your space many New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona towns. They of gratitude. I don’t know what will work for you, but returned to Arizona again in December 1881 and in I do know that at the time I wrote this, Mr. Peahead’s August 1883. In 1884 in Seattle, Washington, Nellie’s call was my “remember to remember.” He has since program for Claire and the Forge Master was a real passed on – perhaps the coyote won after all, we keepsake. It was printed on satin with a fringe border, may never know, but I do know that when I most tied with a double bow knot, and scented on a cabinet needed him, his vibrantly beautiful presence was in card. my life - he was there for me to always “Remember to Remember” even when my world was crumbling The following years, the troupe played in Kansas, around me. Montana, Alabama, and New Orleans. Nellie decided to retire in 1887. She moved to Fresno, California, We all need to figuratively run for our lives with the with her aged mother. Nellie bought a 40-acre gusto of Mr. Peahead and survive whatever it is we are vineyard and became active in many women’s clubs facing. But more than that, we need to focus on better and organizations. She helped collect raisins for times, better days and believe that with gratitude and the World’s Fair in 1900 Chicago and also donated appreciation we can have more things to be grateful pomegranate fruit from her orchard. She was named for. to the State Educational Commission in 1900. She This too shall pass, but always ….. helped with the local high school’s performances and graduations, and at times, would leave Fresno Remember to remember. 2 and perform professionally. In 1888, she played in See Tombstone Performers on page 20

TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 14 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA Dr. Bacon from page 7 But Dr. Bacon did not completely leave Tombstone behind. Sometime after Grace’s death and before CLEAN AND COMFORTABLE accepting his position in Miami he had became acquainted with Miss Olivia Mellgren the daughter of “The Only place to stay in Tombstone!” Swedish and Danish immigrants Joseph and Anna Mellgren. Olivia lived in Tombstone with her family ND U • AIR CONDITIONED FI S while working as a stenographer in the office of • LARGE, CLEAN AND

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TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 17 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA It’s also quite amazing to think that the river that DAY TRIP FROM TOMBSTONE once served as a life force to the town eight miles ~ Hiking History on the San Pedro River ~ away and a hundred and forty plus years ago also supplied a life force to a tribe of people who perhaps by Janice Davis a thousand years ago called this piece of land home. Messages from their world have been left behind for nother glorious day in Cochise County and us to observe; some can be found mixed in among perfect for an exploration along the San Pedro the ruins that a different “tribe” of people abandoned ARiver that was both historically relevant to around a hundred thirty five years. Tombstone and rich with the beauty of the changing seasons! Our journey this day began at a conveniently located parking lot just off of Charleston Road where In the early 1880s Millville and Charleston were the trailhead starts for the Millville/Petroglyph trail. towns along the San Pedro River eight miles from It’s an easy going path towards our destination with Tombstone. These towns were but a stone’s throw informative historical interpretive signage along away from each other; Millville on the east side of the way. The history of Millville and Charleston, the river and Charleston on the west and both had intertwined and contrasted with the mysteries of the a relatively short history in the annals of Cochise ancient peoples who left their messages still visible County’s legendary locations. But when relating the today will be part of this day trip. history of Tombstone, whether it be the telling of the mining history or that of the legends told of the We have taken this trail many times before and rougher men of that time period, it cannot be told followed the history encapsulated in this landscape without involving both Millville and Charleston. of the rough and tough cowboys who could often be found at the rowdy beverage houses in Charleston Today, there is very little left of both of these town along with the history of the hard working mill sites along the byway between Tombstone and Sierra workers striving to work towards a better way of life Vista. People drive by; oftentimes oblivious to the or more importantly, a pay check. It must have been history that surrounds them as they cross of the river quite an existence over a hundred forty years ago. The that once played a pivotal role in the narration of the atmosphere would have been permanently permeated old silver mining camp, Tombstone! with the roar of the stamp mills endlessly pounding out the spoils of their labor dug from the rich Tombstone silver veins. There would have been an ever-present population of mules either weary from their eight mile journey with loaded ore wagons or preparing for a return visit to Tombstone grateful to have a lighter load. The men working the mill would go to sleep with the sound of progress echoing in their ears, perhaps never to know the moments without it, but grateful nonetheless for a job and a hope for the future. There would have been no peace, no quiet and no natural sense of nature and the beauty that encompassed them back then. They had a job to do, after all, and a purpose for being here. Our only purpose on that day was to enjoy the outdoors, take in a bit of history and see how much ground we could cover exploring along the San Pedro! We followed the trail through the wash and on towards what remains of the Corbin and Gird mills in the hillside. Large cut-outs into the hillside are supported by rocks and boulders that were placed there over a hundred Map copyrighted ©2020 Goose Flats Graphics - All Rights Reserved Continued on Next Page

TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 18 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA From Previous Page with people getting inebriated with the beverage the and forty-some years ago by men with a prosperous silver’s riches could buy. And they certainly would future in mind. Preparing a back rock wall for the never have thought to pollute the atmosphere with mill would have been the first step taken and today is the never-ending resonance of the pounding stamp just about the only trace left of the once thriving mill mills. industry here along the river’s edge. There are a few No, they may not have been at this location for the very small building foundations along the trail where same purpose as those whose fortunes were tied to traces of a rock wall might remain – leaving questions the Tombstone silver ore. But they most certainly were as to what was held inside those walls and who would here and their presence, though perhaps a thousand have crossed its threshold. plus years ago, still to this day is visible upon the The foundation of the Gird home where Richard smooth rock walls of the canyon’s “newspaper.” and his wife Nellie would have resided makes you Not far from the Millville ruins are the rock art wonder about life in the hillsides along the San Pedro. formations that line the river’s edge on both the Photographs of their grand abode provide evidence to Millville side of the river and the Charleston area. On the niceties the Girds were afforded but certainly offer the Millville side of the river there is a well-marked no image of the uproarious sound that would have trail that takes you directly to the wall of art and been ever-present within the walls of this grandeur. supplies viewing scopes targeted at the images in What a life it must have been never able to hear the the rocks. Images left to your imagination as to their sound of the trees rustling in the wind or the song of meaning and fascinating to look at, that’s for sure. the bird nesting in your rafters. What do they all mean? Who crafted them and Ghosts of the past are about all we hear on this day for what purpose? What was the news that they are if we use our imaginations – that and the sound of heralding here and who was supposed to receive it? the grasshoppers flitting about the dry grasses and And where can we find more?! newly dropped leaves of brown. No longer is this land used for the industry of mining and the lifestyle that Well, we may never know the answer to the many supported it. No longer is it filled with the sounds questions regarding these works of art on the rock of a budding empire. It is silent now – holding onto walls of the canyon, but we did know where to find the remnants of the past in pieces of tin, wire, glass more. Across the river! and brick dotting the landscape, always reminding We followed the dirt path further on from the us that life once thrived along this bank of the San petroglyph viewing location to the small culvert that Pedro River. links to the other side of the railroad tracks above But there are other ghosts of the past that inhabit us and hunched ourselves over to walk through the this landscape. Their story not quite as clear as tunneled pathway to the other side. There we found the one we followed up the trail and certainly quite the easiest spot to climb down from the concrete mysterious. embankment and on towards the other side of the river. A tributary of the river was before us and quite The San Pedro valley and other parts of southern dry and easy to walk upon but that didn’t last long Arizona has been home to a people who had no as we were soon up to the watery grounds of the thought to pound silver ore into riches using the force river with very little land left to walk on. Thankfully of the river’s abundance. They had no inclination someone had crossed before us and had left a log to to weigh down wagons full of precious metal taken balance our way across the cool, moving water. Soon from below the surface of Mother Earth and team up enough we were on the other side and in search of domesticated mules to haul the heavy loads to the more messages from the distant past! river’s edge. They had no desire to build a permanent See Day Trip inside back cover dwelling that would survive until today and fill it

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TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 19 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA Tombstone Performers from page 14 brother John, born around 1853, was a farmer in Passions Slave and His Natural Life in Sacramento. Fresno. Nellie was predeceased by her father John, One of her last performances was in the musical born around 1821, and brothers Hugh born in 1852, comedy The Burgomaster in New York City. She and Henry born in 1858. played Mannie Fair. It ran from December 31, 1900, A manager and friend of Nellie’s wrote a long article to January 26, 1901. about Nellie in the Fresno paper. Thomas R. Harrold In the summer of 1900, Nellie’s sister Mrs. Martha told of her goodness and love for people. Once while Edger Berry had surgery in San Francisco. A few traveling during her last season of 1886-1887, they months later, Martha came from Chicago to visit came on school children trapped in their schoolhouse Nellie in Fresno. Sadly, Martha died of pneumonia at during a blizzard. Nellie sent the stagecoach on to their mother Margaret Birney’s house on August 21. Boise City, Idaho, for food and supplies. The troupe Nellie died unexpectedly of a heart attack at her took their robes to the children, and then razed home on Elm Avenue on November 6, 1909. Her a nearby barn and burned the wood to warm the funeral was done under the auspices of the Christian children. They then entertained the children singing Science Church. In 1893, Nellie had signed a deed songs and telling stories until the supplies returned that when she died, all her property would go to her at 9 p.m. The troupe spent the night with the children. mother. However, before the deed was delivered to her Thomas closed his article with this: “She seemed mother, she died twelve days after Nellie at the age of to live for and took the greatest pleasure in giving 88. Nellie’s other sister Mrs. Margaret Northcraft and pleasure and comfort to others. It came so naturally husband James owned a 240-acre ranch in nearby to her to spread the sunshine and gladness. That is Riverdale. Margaret was the administratrix of Nellie’s why Nellie Boyd was so well beloved by the people.” estate and inherited her cash and property. Nellie’s Kathy Franz is the author of two books about Tombstone: Forget Me Not and Lizzie’s Letters.

Freemasons from page 12 projects. His two crowning achievements were the construction of the Cochise County Courthouse and the Tombstone City Hall. Both buildings are standing today. In 1885, he was elected County Treasurer, but was suspended January 5, 1888, by the Cochise County Board of Supervisors when $6,599.47 of county funds was questioned. Ritter claimed the amount was due him as percentage on collection of taxes. In 1881, Treasurers were paid one-half percent of the money received by them as full compensation for the performance of all duties. That changed in 1885 to $3,500 per year. He was indicted in 1889, charged with embezzlement, but the grand jury ordered that all charges “be quashed and defendant discharged.” His attorneys were Col. William Herrings and Ben Goodrich.

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TOMBSTONE TIMES ~ Page 20 ~ TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA Day Trip from page 19 enough we were on the ledge overlooking the ground There was no hurry to locate our petroglyphs on this below us. A trail coming towards the area we were side so we took some time to view the river and the life looking out from could be seen below and we knew it held along its banks. The cottonwoods, aware of the the “silver surfer” trail was just the other side of where season’s change in weather, had already started to we were standing. I call this the “silver surfer” trail morph from deep green foliage to the various shades after our friends who admitted to “surfing” downhill of autumn in golds, oranges and browns. The few along this trail, grateful to be at the other end of it in birds that remained for the season skirted from one one piece! It’s a fairly steep pathway to the bottom treetop to another unable to hide among the green and when covered with the freshly laid foliage of the coverage now, the branches were becoming quite autumn leaves it makes it even more slippery, but bare! The water meandering north along this river with careful stepping and a determination to not end I love so much was glistening like diamonds in the up on my rear side we made it to the bottom and soon sun’s glow as it covered the land between the west enough were enjoying trampling through the leaves of and east banks, sometimes traveling over rocky gold and orange that lay across the landscape leading formations creating the sound of small rapids! It was up to the river and the trail back to the bridge. nice to be back by the river! We spent about four hours out there meandering After a break enjoying Nature’s beauty we headed through the countryside dotted with pieces of history. towards the hillside where more images could be The men who walked this land before us were a hearty found of a message we would never understand, bunch, whether they be from a time when the belief but were fascinated with nonetheless. Working our was that the land belonged to no one or from a time way through the thorny brushes and rocky edges we when they believed that man could possess a piece found quite a few more images from the past. Stories of land and do what he will to it. But, be that as it in stones left for those who would someday tread on may, both groups having left a mark upon the land this land and understand it – or left for us to ponder for future people to remember that they once walked and wonder why! It’s all such a mystery but a mystery the same land we walked upon that day. we love to explore as we find ourselves along the Today the only mark we left was our footprints and banks of the San Pedro! they, soon enough, would be wiped out with the wind We then headed through the empty territory towards and the rain – leaving no trace that we were there. where we knew Charleston was. Sometimes there was Respect for the landscape and the history told among a trail to follow, or so we thought, and sometimes we the rocks is important when visiting these locations, made our own trail. We had ventured through this therefore one should never take from the land the area a few times before and even once came across pieces of history left behind nor should they ever mar the skeletal remains of a partially eaten javelina! or deface the messages left behind from a people who This time we didn’t find anything quite so wild-like, once called this land home. just the remains of a few adobes that once dotted Eight miles between Tombstone and Sierra Vista the landscape around the town of Charleston. Soon along a country road history mixes with scenery and makes a great day trip in Cochise County – no matter what season! 1

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