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1 online resource (xvi, 199 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Settin' up camp : Tombstone's discovery and its silver mines -- A hearty welcome : Tombstone's saloons -- Drunk, disorderly, and just plain offensive -- Idling around town : entertainment in Tombstone |
| Summary |
Sherry Monahan is an authority on ""the city that wouldn't die"" and its history. In Tombstone's Treasure, she focuses on the silver mines, one reason for the city's founding, and the saloons, the other reason the city grew so quickly. When the discovery of silver at Tombstone first became known in mid-1880, there were about twenty-six saloons and breweries. By July of the following year, the number of saloons in Tombstone had doubled. The most popular saloon games of the time were faro, monte, and poker, with some offering keno, roulette, and twenty-one. Monahan shares true tales about To |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Frontier and pioneer life -- Arizona -- Tombstone
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Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Arizona -- Tombstone -- History
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Silver mines and mining -- Arizona -- Tombstone -- History
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Amusements -- Arizona -- Tombstone -- History
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Amusements
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Bars (Drinking establishments)
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Manners and customs
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Silver mines and mining
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Tombstone (Ariz.) -- History
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Tombstone (Ariz.) -- Social life and customs
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Arizona -- Tombstone
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826341778 |
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0826341772 |
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