What's In A Name
Fun events that commemorate 21 famous Old West folks.
By: TW Editors 02/01/2009
CHARLIE M. RUSSELL
“To have talent is no credit to its owner; any man that can make a living doing what he likes is lucky, and I’m that. Any time I cash in now, Iwin.” Cowboy artist Charlie M. Russell wrote the above shortly before his death in 1926, yet the spirit of his Western vision is kept alive in the permanent collection at the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana. To help support the museum, contemporary and historical Western art will go on the block at the annual C.M. Russell Art Auction, which will be held this year on March 18-21.
800-803-3351 • CMRAuction.com
EDWARD SCHIEFFELIN
Working out of Camp Huachuca as an Indian scout, Ed Schieffelin still had not found his vein of riches. He had traveled to California in 1877 during the gold rush, and he was still prospecting near the San Pedro Valley at a plateau called Goose Flats. When he finally struck silver, he named his first mining claim Tombstone.
Today, the city he founded is one of the most well-known Old West locales. Its citizens rightfully pay tribute to him at Old West Founders Day Festival, held this year on April 3-5. In the past, people have been shuttled on excursion trips to the Schieffelin Monument from the Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park.
888-457-3929
WYATT EARP
As much credit as Schieffelin deserves for finding the treasure that is Tombstone today, Wyatt Earp put the town on the map. You could almost call his participation at the Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral, in October 1881, the “shot that was heard around the West.”
Wyatt, assisting his brother Virgil and aided by his brother Morgan and by Doc Holliday, claimed victory in the shoot-out. The nearly 30-second battle between the Cowboys and lawmen will be honored in mock gunfights put on by various re-enactment groups when Allen Street is shut down for Wyatt Earp Days on May 23-25. You can also catch a daily showing of the historic gunfight.
888-457-3929 WyattEarpDays.com
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