On March 27, 1882, the Tombstone Epitaph reported that Wyatt Earp’s party had fought nine Cowboys at Burleigh Spring and killed William “Curly Bill” Brocius
TWENTY STAMPS FOR TOMBSTONE
On the ground near the Girard mine, workmen were finishing a new twenty-stamp reduction mill – a substantial industrial plant intended to crush and process ore within the Tombstone mining district itself.
The Train Robbery Near Papago Station
Less than four months after a passenger train was robbed near Papago Station, another westbound train was held up on the night of August 10, 1887.
The Tombstone Duel That Never Happened
Two Tombstone editors traded insults, gathered seconds and surgeons, carried Colt revolvers into Sonora, and stood ten paces apart.
Robbery of the Fairbank–Tombstone Stage
On December 27, 1902, two armed men stopped the Fairbank–Tombstone stage, broke open its Wells Fargo express box, and escaped with a remarkably small haul.
A ONE-ARMED DETECTIVE AND A STAGECOACH ROBBERY
On the night of August 14, 1878, a westbound stage left Tucson carrying passengers, mail and an express box toward Maricopa Wells.
THREE STAGES ROBBED IN ONE NIGHT
the night of August 14, 1878, three stagecoaches were robbed along the desert roads connecting Tucson, Florence, Maricopa Wells, and the settlements farther west.
The Army Moves to Arrest Nock-ay-det-klinne
August 30, 1881 On August 30, 1881, Colonel Eugene A. Carr and his command reached Cibecue Creek on Arizona’s Fort Apache Reservation under orders to arrest Nock-ay-det-klinne, an influential White Mountain Apache medicine man. Officials accused Nock-ay-det-klinne of stirring resistance through ceremonies in which he reportedly promised that dead Apache leaders would return after the …
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