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Fighting for tourist dollars

Ask a question about the showdown at a local saloon or trinket shop and the place is likely to quickly go silent.

Ask a question about the showdown at a local saloon or trinket shop and the place is likely to quickly go silent.  (Myung Chun / Los Angeles Times)

It’s been 127 years since Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp fought the Clantons and
McLouries at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, but the town is still trying to get a handle
on its gunslinger problem. Only the desperadoes are no longer brawling over
cards or horses. They’re fighting for tourist dollars.

Stagecoach in Tombstone

A stagecoach rolls down Allen Street, where men in black dusters still confront each other with guns during reenactments. But when Stephen Keith rode into town with his thespians, the locals weren’t pleased.  (Myung Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Tombstones in Tombstone

Tombstone Cemetery is where the residents are buried in this Arizona town, where Wyatt Earp and crew fought the Clantons and McLouries in 1881.  (Myung Chun / Los Angeles Times)

A Wild West town

Locals with no theater experience here in this 19th century mining town, said actor Stephen Keith, didn’t like his seasoned actors taking their favorite roles.  (Myung Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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