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2005-04-06 Home Front: Culture Wars

Rooters Boo-Boo: Portrays Tombstone As Gunslinger Town

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-04-06 5:21:30 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I was in Tombstone a couple of months ago, it's one of the biggest tourist traps I've been to. We've got our share here in AZ: Tombstone, Sedona, Jerome, Arcosanti, and the Biosphere...

Posted by DO 2005-04-06 5:57:13 PM|| 2005-04-06 5:57:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Speaking on behalf of Arizona tourism, I would like to welcome all of the European âreal menâ, cowboys & indians fans,..

What is it with Europeans and the West? When I was tooling around Monument Valley some years ago, I saw a number of tourist buses stopped at various locations and the casual banter among the crowds seemed to indicate the presence of quite a few Germans among the passengers.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-06 6:18:25 PM|| 2005-04-06 6:18:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Tombstone only matters if you know what the various buildings and places are around town, and what their histories are. Otherwise, it just looks like an almost ghost town. As far as tourist trap, much of what they sell is 'high-end' tourist stuff, not the rinky-dink made in Japan stuff. As far as Europeans and the old West go, they got hooked on the old penny novels just like easteners did. The entire Americas are mysterious to them, from H.L. Mencken's alligator-on-a-leash "pickininny hunt" down in Florida, to the (prohibition-era) gangster cities of Chicago and New York, to the wild west and its cowboys and indians. They wouldn't want to live here, but they LOVE to visit.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-04-06 6:54:41 PM|| 2005-04-06 6:54:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Whats the big deal? Open carry is legal in Arizona, BFD. Rooters doesn't know this I guess. I wish it was in the San Joaquin valley. People would be a hell of a lot more polite I am certain.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-04-06 7:13:54 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-04-06 7:13:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 You mean there's really a town called "Tombstone," and it isn't like that one in the movie with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer?

;)

Posted by Asedwich 2005-04-06 9:27:42 PM|| 2005-04-06 9:27:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 DO:
When Tombstone was big in the 1880s, it was because of a bunch of unscrupulous people who were willing to do anything for a buck. Some things don't change.

I actually like the place. Sure, it's a tourist trap, but it's an honest tourist trap. Taos and Sedona are pretentious and pretend to be "deeper," but you still end up paying just like a tourist trap.

Bisbee and Prescott are kind of in-between. I occasionally toy with the idea of buying in Bisbee to retire there.

Posted by jackal 2005-04-06 11:05:36 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-04-06 11:05:36 PM|| Front Page Top

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