A 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit southern Arizona and northern Mexico in 1887, and the man sent to investigate had no proper instruments and made do with what he had.
Tombstone is arguably Arizona's most famous town. Starting with the legend of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday in 1881, the town has grown to become the Old Western town.
As if hourly gun fights, prostitutes, rampant hallucinogenic drug use, gambling and the occasional Indian uprising weren't enough to make the cities PR guy quit ...
One of my favorite things to do is browse local legal websites, and try to find the weirdest laws still in action today. Arizona has a plethora of these weird and wacky laws, from a ban on fortune telling to a necessary permit to feed pigs garbage.
Newly elected Assistant Chief of the Tombstone Vigilantes, Tammi Jo Wilkins, stopped by the studios to talk about Tombstone Vigilante Days happening on February 18th and 19th.
Who are the Tombstone Vigilantes, and what do you do?
Tammi Jo: We are one of the oldest reenactment nonprofit groups in the southwest...