TM ©2020 Tombstone Arizona’s History & Information Journal MAY 2020 This Month’s Issue Features: An Earth Shaking Experience A Fire in the Hills and a Shaking of the Ground by Janice Davis PLUS: Tombstone’s Clipped History Tombstone Tourist Directory & Points of Interest Map No Need to Wait, The Doctor is In - Dr. John Bacon - by Karen Mazzeo Scores of Elegantly Dressed Ladies - by Rita Ackerman Early Tombstone Performers - by Kathy Franz Bringing Freemasonry to the Territories - Pt. 5 Day Trip from Tombstone - by Janice Comics and More! ND U ND U FI S FI S O O P P N 7 A 10N A THE M THE M ANTIQUE MALL Our Meats are Smoked on the Premises! Antiques, Collectibles, Home Decor, St. Louis Ribs - Pulled Pork Furniture, Art, Jewelry & More! Chopped Brisket - Hot Dogs - Smoked Sausage Huge 1/2 Pound Sandwiches - Beer & Wine Dozens of Vendors! Coffee Drinks & Pastries All Around Awesome BBQ! Featuring Ethan’s Coffee Shop Closed on Wednesday With Specialty Teas & Coffees, Baked Goods, Ice Cream, Malts & Smoothies DINE IN - TAKE OUT PUNY JOHN’S BBQ AM PM 11 South Fourth Street OPEN DAILY 10 - 6 Tombstone, Arizona (520) 457-2396 720 East Fremont Street - Tombstone, Arizona PunyJohnsBBQ.com (520) 457-8538 - TombstoneAntiqueMall.com Tombstone Medical Center in the late 1940s. Today it is the City of Tombstone Visitor Center. Keith Davis Collection TOMBSTONE TIMES - TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA ~ TombstoneTimes.com Tombstone Times Tombstone Arizona’s Monthly History and Tourist Information Journal CONTENTS: 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. 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Fly image of the devistation in Bavispe, Sonora Mexico in 1887 fourdeucessaloon.com 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.