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Tombstone's treasure : silver mines and golden saloons
- Title
- Tombstone's treasure : silver mines and golden saloons / Sherry Monahan ; foreword by Bob Boze Bell.
- Author
- Monahan, Sherry.
- Publication
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | F819.T6 M66 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 199 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- 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 became well 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 keno, with some offering poker, roulette, and twenty-one." "Monahan shares true tales about Tombstone's mining and gambling history and describes a different time and locale where wealthy business people and rugged miners rubbed elbows at the bar and gambled side by side."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-185) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Settin' up camp : Tombstone's discovery and its silver mines -- Ch. 2. A hearty welcome : Tombstone's saloons -- Ch. 3. Drunk, disorderly, and just plain offensive -- Ch. 4. Idling around town : entertainment in Tombstone.
- ISBN
- 0826341764 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780826341761 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006037835
- OCLC
- OCM76897621
- SCSB-5321767
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries