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Arizona Sonoran News

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...

A sign in the Coronado National Forest Reserve, pointing the direction to the mail station. Photo by: Jordan Treece/ Arizona Sonora News

The miracle of Silas St. John and Arizona’s wild west

Jordan Treece March 21, 2018

He baked in the early morning sun in the Dragoon Springs area of southeast Arizona, tending his wounds from four nights earlier. A deep slice in one of his palms. A large gash cut in his thigh to...

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].
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...

Tour guide Frank Brown chats with visitors on March 1, 2017, in Mescal, Ariz. Brown has been cast as an extra in many projects filmed at Mescal. (Photo by: Hailey Freeman/ Arizona Sonora News Service)

Mescal: El lugar de filmación del viejo oeste permanece como escenario emblemático por casi 50 años

Mar Ruiz April 21, 2017

MESCAL – Para aquellos que viajan por esta calle principal llena de polvo bordeada por una cárcel, una cantina y un “café de vaqueros”, es fácil imaginar a los grandes del cine occidental...

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