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Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

'I'm your huckleberry' turns 25

‘I’m your huckleberry’ turns 25

Elise McClain April 25, 2018

It’s been nearly 25 years since actor Val Kilmer uttered the infamous line, “I’m your huckleberry” as he walked the set of “Tombstone,” a film that rejuvenated this entire Southern Arizona...

Visitors wait outside the O.K. Corral in anticipation for the gunfight show on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018 in Tombstone, Ariz. The O.K. Corral reenacts the famous gunfight shown in the movie Tombstone. (Photo by: Kayla Belcher/ Arizona Sonora News)

Locals anticipate Tombstone’s demise

Kayla Belcher February 14, 2018
Kayla Belcher is a reporter for Arizona Sonora News, a service from the School of Journalism with the University of Arizona. Contact her at [email protected].
Town crier draws a crowd before the gunfight reenactment. Photo by Kayla Belcher / Arizona Senora News

Playing cowboy in a street actor’s fantasyland

Allison De Fina February 14, 2018

Men and women travel from around the globe to dress up and play cowboy in Tombstone, where everyday is Halloween. Many of the Tombstone actors have zero desire to move to Hollywood to pursue a silver-screen...

The O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ariz. on Sept. 30, 2017. The O.K. Corral has drawn visitors from all over to see reenactments of the famous gunfight between the lawmen and the cowboys of the Old West. (Photographed by Leah Gilchrist)

Vigilante justice paves a centuries long history for Tombstone

Leah Gilchrist October 18, 2017

A gunfight that happened in less than a minute in Tombstone on Oct. 26, 1881, left the town with an immortalized piece of history, and a place on the map. The shootout between Wyatt Earp, his brothers...

Los Vigilantes de Tombstone actúan en el festival de los Días del Helldorado el sábado 17 de octubre.  (Fotografía por Emily Lai/Arizona Sonora News)

Tombstone no quiere armas de tiro blanco después del tiroteo del espectáculo de armas

Alicia Vega November 10, 2015

El pueblo está notablemente más callado y las calles más vacías.La calle Allen, no es igual desde el tiroteo en el festival de Helldorado.“Tombstone no ha sido el mismo sin los las actuaciones teatrales...

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