01/12: The Old West
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
We spent the day in Tombstone getting the feel the old west. After talking to some of the town folks we found out that they love living here. In fact a number of them volunteer to dress in period costume and walk around town visiting folks. Of course, some of the people in period costumes are in the different shows and are trying to entice you to go to their show.
We decided to start the day with a trolley ride followed by a gun fight. The trolley driver was quite knowledgeable and imparted lots of interesting information.
Note to self: do not sit in the front row. I was selected to participate in a contest with Ringo --- the bad guy. Thought I might get to hold the gun myself, but the sheriff also held it --- guess they wanted to make sure everything was safe.
Later in the program, outlaw Ringo was fighting with miner Jenny. Ringo had found Jenny's mule and sold it. Jenny wanted her mule back.
Downtown Tombstone
Stage coach rides are available.
The Earp brother's and Doc Holiday walking to the OK Corral for the big gun fight. The street walk gets a lot of attention. Our trolley driver told us that the gun fight did not actually happen at the OK Corral, but a newspaper reported that it did --- so that became the legend.
Isn't Ed cute. Maybe we should buy him the hat and a black leather vest to go with it.
Big Nose Kate saloon.
This is not in character with the old west, but I was suitably impressed when I saw it. We don't see a lot of recycling when we're traveling and I find it hard to throw recyclables in the trash as I live in a town that can reject my garbage if I put recyclables in it. Think I'll walk my recycles down to one of these cans.
We decided to start the day with a trolley ride followed by a gun fight. The trolley driver was quite knowledgeable and imparted lots of interesting information.
Note to self: do not sit in the front row. I was selected to participate in a contest with Ringo --- the bad guy. Thought I might get to hold the gun myself, but the sheriff also held it --- guess they wanted to make sure everything was safe.
Later in the program, outlaw Ringo was fighting with miner Jenny. Ringo had found Jenny's mule and sold it. Jenny wanted her mule back.
Downtown Tombstone
Stage coach rides are available.
The Earp brother's and Doc Holiday walking to the OK Corral for the big gun fight. The street walk gets a lot of attention. Our trolley driver told us that the gun fight did not actually happen at the OK Corral, but a newspaper reported that it did --- so that became the legend.
Isn't Ed cute. Maybe we should buy him the hat and a black leather vest to go with it.
Big Nose Kate saloon.
This is not in character with the old west, but I was suitably impressed when I saw it. We don't see a lot of recycling when we're traveling and I find it hard to throw recyclables in the trash as I live in a town that can reject my garbage if I put recyclables in it. Think I'll walk my recycles down to one of these cans.