Eureka Reporter | 1906-07-27 | Page 9 | Tombstone, Arizona, Well Named

tombstone ar zona well named the people famil ar w th the history of tombstone anz are inclined to believe that there Is something in a name tombstone in 1878 became the center of attraction in arizona to the pioneer prospectors when the arst mines were opened up at that point the population quickly increased to over 6 and it became the center of mining activity in the southwest the last census gave the population as the mines are worked out and the population has drifted away to more prosperous camps therefore the town has indeed come to merit its name for it marks the burial snot of many blasted 1 many another western mining town has had the same history few hae so aptly told it to the world in their titles