Quick Fact – Renowned U.S. Gambling Towns

Deadwood--South Dakota, Did You Know?, Leadville--Colorado, Quick Facts, Tombstone--ArizonaLeave a comment

1870s Three fledgling U.S. towns that boomed and evolved into gambling centers were: Deadwood, South Dakota, where Wild Bill Hickok was killed while playing poker, immortalizing “dead man’s hand” Leadville, Colorado, where Doc Holliday shot the former policeman, Billy Allen Tombstone, Arizona, where the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral involving Virgil, Morgan and Wyatt Earp…

Quick Fact – Earp Myths

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1905 Folklore has it that Wyatt Earp was the pit boss at The Northern in Goldfield, Nevada for George “Tex” Rickard, the proprietor. But it likely is false, according to Nevada historians, Jeffrey Kintop and Guy Rocha. That year Earp was based in the mining town only for a few months, during which he often traveled to…