Tombstone's Treasure : Silver Mines and Golden Saloons

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Monahan, Sherry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tombstone (Ariz.) > Social life and customs.
Tombstone (Ariz.) > History.
Silver mines and mining > Arizona > Tombstone > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > Arizona > Tombstone.
Bars (Drinking establishments) > Arizona > Tombstone > History.
Amusements > Arizona > Tombstone > History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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. The most popular saloon games of the time were faro, monte, and poker, with some offering keno, roulette, and twenty-one. Monahan shares true tales about To.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9780826341778

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