Tales of Old Tombstone

Stuart Rosebrook & Bob Bose Bell
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Western historian and author Stuart Rosebrook and Old West historian and artist Bob Boze Bell team up from Prescott and Cave Creek, Arizona, to discuss the legendary tales of Old Tombstone and the Wild West. They'll share and debate Old West history with a great roundup of guests, Western writers, artists, film makers, chroniclers, researchers and lovers of the American West from Arizona to Australia.

  1. 06/03/2024

    Back Road Adventures in Tombstone territory!

    This week, join Stuart Rosebrook and Bob Boze Bell with their special guest, Arizona travel writer Peter Corbett.   Corbett has been writing about Arizona for five decades and has been touring Tombstone and Cochise County since the mid-70s.   He has a passion for history and shares with us his favorite places to visit, stay, eat and drink in Tombstone and across the back roads of Southeastern Arizona.

    41 min

  2. 05/25/2024

    Walk Where History Happened

    On this week's episode of "Tales of Old Tombstone" host Stuart Rosebrook visits with Western historian Mark Boardman. The editor of "The Tombstone Epitaph" and features editor of "True West," Boardman shares with us his expertise on how to immerse yourself in history in Tombstone and Cochise County.   They discuss the upcoming Tombstone festivals, places to stay such as Tombstone Monument Ranch and the top attractions in and out of town. Remembering Memorial Day, Boardman shares how a visitor can go to Fort Bowie and Fort Huachuca to pay your respects to our veterans who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to the United States of America.

    56 min

  3. 05/19/2024

    The Guns of Old Tombstone

    In the Territorial days of Old Tombstone and Cochise County, firearms were part of everyday life and survival. Stuart Rosebrook and Bob Boze Bell share a lively conversation with world-renowned Old West firearms expert and "True West" firearms editor Phil Spangenberger about the guns of Old Tombstone, the Earps, Clantons, Cowboys, ranch women and soiled doves.

    48 min

  4. 05/11/2024

    The Man Behind Tombstone's Epitaph

    On this week's episode of Tales of Old Tombstone, Stuart Rosebrook and Bob Boze Bell are regaled with tales of John Clum, Tombstone and the origins of The Tombstone Epitaph by the newspaper's current editor, Mark Boardman. How did John Clum start the longest running paper in "the town too tough to die?" Why did he leave? Why did he come back? Discover how an audacious Indian Agent became the most famous newspaper man in Tombstone history.

    53 min

  5. 05/04/2024

    According to Kate

    On this week's episode of "Tales of Old Tombstone," Stuart Rosebrook and Bob Boze Bell go deep with award-winning historian Chris Enss on the life and times of Kate Elder, her life in Tombstone and her loving but volitiale relationship with Doc Holliday.

    46 min

  6. 05/01/2024

    Let's Get Ready to Rumble!

    Ever wondered about the history of cars, music and beehive hairdos on Route 66? Hosts Bob Boze Bell and Stuart Rosebrook have a rumble with the King of the Road himself Jim Hinckley about growing up beside The Mother Road, the best versions of "Route 66," Elvis sightings, AM radio, Perfume Pass, hot rods and the best pie in Mohave County!

    37 min

  7. 04/27/2024

    Virgil Makes His Bones as a Lawman

    How did Virgil Earp become a lawman? Join hosts Stuart Rosebrook and Bob Boze Bell in an in-depth conversation with historian Brad Courtney about Virgil Earp and how the Civil War veteran Virgil became a peace officer on the mile-high, Wild West streets of the rough and tumble mining town of Prescott, The Territorial Capital of Arizona.

    48 min

  8. 04/20/2024

    Cowboys, Outlaws and Bushwhackers

    Ever wonder what the connection is between the Civil War and the outlaws of the Wild West? Take a ride back to the Missouri-Kansas Border War and learn from Bob Boze Bell the connections between the James Boys and the Missouri Bushwhackers, the Cowboys vs. the Earps in Tombstone and Cochise County, the Cowboy gangs of the bootheel of New Mexico and the Lincoln County War, Billy the Kid and Pat Garret

    35 min
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Western historian and author Stuart Rosebrook and Old West historian and artist Bob Boze Bell team up from Prescott and Cave Creek, Arizona, to discuss the legendary tales of Old Tombstone and the Wild West. They'll share and debate Old West history with a great roundup of guests, Western writers, artists, film makers, chroniclers, researchers and lovers of the American West from Arizona to Australia.

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  • Creator
    Stuart Rosebrook & Bob Bose Bell
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024
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