Tombstone's Treasure: Silver Mines and Golden Saloons

by Sherry Monahan

Book Overview

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 first became 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826341764
• ISBN13: 9780826341761
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.9"