Howdy...  I’m glad you could stop by!

I’ve had a latent love of old-west history for as long as I can remember.  But something “clicked” on the afternoon of December 26, 1993, as my wife Rachel and I sat in a darkened theater, listening to the deep, rich tone of Robert Mitchum’s voice providing background narration to a flickering black-and-white image on the large silver screen.  A moment later, in blood-red, the word TOMBSTONE flashed across the screen, and for the next 120 or-so minutes, I was absolutely mesmerized by one of the most intriguing casts to ever stroll down Hollywood’s version of Tombstone’s Allen Street.  By the end of the movie, I was hooked on all-things Tombstone... and then I began researching and writing 

Click on the tabs above to learn more about my books, and the life of Tombstone Mayor John P. Clum.

Click on the “Reading The West” tab on the left to see what happened... and when... in the old west.  Of course, the emphasis is on Tombstone.  Stop back again in a few weeks as several articles will change monthly.

And be sure to check out "Tombstone Anniversary" to read some material that was published in the Tombstone Epitaph on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the OK Corral gunfight.

Enjoy!

Happy Trails…

Gary Ledoux aka “Mayor”

Whitewater, CA