Tombstone

On Sunday I got to do something I have dreamed of doing for a long time, I went to Tombstone.

There is one street that is still set up as it was during the booming time. It is blocked off to traffic, so only horses and people can get thru. I was very surprised at how close the mines were to the town. I went into one of the mines and at one time we were under Tombstone at 70 feet. The mine is just at the end of town.. The miners would work 10hrs a day 6days a week for $4.00 a day pay. When you left the mines you had to walk thru the part of town that had the saloons. Beer at that time was a nickle and after working under ground for 10 hours I guess they sold a lot of beer to the miners.

I found out the story of how the term shot became known for the amount of a drink. Liquor at that time was 8cents for a drink in a small glass and the price for a bullet that they used in their pistols was 8cents, so when a person ran out of money they would trade a bullet for a drink so the term give me a shot came about.

While in Tombstone I saw some reactment of some real shoot outs that are recorded in history as trully happened. They told the history behind what really happened then they would act it out. Very interesting.

Every one take care and have a great day.

Glen Canyon, Az

On Saturday I got a chance to go across country in Az. This took me across Glen Canyon, what a sight..I stopped after crossing the river and walked back onto the bridge to take these pictures. As they say a picture is worth a thousand words.

Every one take care and have a great day.

Beaver, Ut

This morning Jerry and I were in a truck stop at Beaver, Utah. We were getting fuel and checking out our trucks to get started when Jerry found a bolt in his alternator broken. The fuel desk casher told us there was a parts house in town and how to find it. We went to the part house and found a place to park out back. The part store did not open until 8am and we were there around 7am so we started to look over the town. We found that Beaver is famous because that is where Butch Cassidy was born. When the parts man opened up the store I told him what we had found out about his town. His name is Howard Bradshaw and he said he would be 80 years young in October of this year. He also said his wife Laver was a Dean before they got married and that she is kin to Butch Cassidy. He is also kin to Philo Farnsworth who invented the tv. Philo also was born in Beaver.
Beaver had their 150yr celebration last year and Howard was the last speaker, he said that Beaver was known for two famous people and he was kin to the one who invented the tv and his wife was kin to the one with the colorful past. I though that was a good way to say you kin to an outlaw. He told us a true story about Butch Cassidy. Butch's aunt was about to loose her home to the bank and she told Butch about it. Butch gave her the money and told her to get a receipt for it which she did, then Butch robbed the banker and got his money back. This Howard said is true. Every one take care and have a great day.