“Old West”

Name: Ruben Suarez
Occupation: Owner of Adobe Lodge Motel, Bella Union
From: Tucson, Arizona
What brought you and keeps you in Tombstone? “The history has kept me here. It just makes the town spring to life.”

“Dusty”

Name: Samuel Bastian
Occupation: Student, Senior at Tombstone High School
From: East coast
What brought you and keeps you in Tombstone? “I’m ready to leave and get a job. I don’t think I’ll come back and live here, but I’m not dying to leave.”

“Static”

Names: Steven Rainey and Zoe Connell
Occupations: BBC journalist and bookstore manager
From: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
What brought you and keeps you in Tombstone? “This place looks like it did in the 1800s and, in 500 years, if the world is still here, it’ll look exactly the same. If it was modernized, it’d be ruined,” Rainey said.

“Gem”

Name: Gordon Anderson
From: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Occupation: Owner, Larian Motel
What brought you and keeps you in Tombstone? “My parents bought the motel in 1980 and business has been good. I just really like working for myself.”

“Friendly”

Name: Michelle Shepherd
From: Tucson, Arizona
Occupation: Owner, Apache Market
What brought you and keeps you in Tombstone? “My husband’s parents bought the store. It is just a really nice place that is quiet and filled with lots of nice people.”

“Intriguing”

Name: David Askey
From: Ohio
Occupation: Manager, Boothill Graveyard
What brought you and keeps you in Tombstone? “I came as a tourist because I really love the Old West genre.”

“Home”

Name: Carmen Mercer
From: Germany
Occupation: Owner, O.K. Cafe
What brought you and keeps you in Tombstone? “I love the town, the people, the business and the tourists. Cooking is my passion.”

“Eclectic”

Name: Pete Ticia
From: Stamford, Connecticut
Occupation: Manager, Big Iron Shooting Gallery
What brought you and keeps you in Tombstone? “Everybody (here) has a cool story.”

“Simplistic”

Name: J.J.  Norris
From: Mississippi
Occupation: Deputy Marshal
What brought you and keeps you in Tombstone? “It’s an easy place to learn the job. I’m leaving when I graduate from DeVry.”

“Adventurous”

Name: Bill Cloud
From: Emmett, Idaho
Occupation: Marshal
What brought you and keeps you in Tombstone? I was drawn to apply for the marshal job because of the balance you have to strike between the town under normal circumstances and the town during huge swells in population mass.”

“Awesome”

Name: Jack Henderson
From: Perry, Iowa
Occupation: Mayor
What brought you and keeps you in Tombstone? “There’s so many nice people here in the city of Tombstone, that are great human beings. What we have here in Tombstone is a quaint little drinking town with a cowboy problem.”

“Potential”

Name: Stephen Keith
From: Kansas City, Missouri
Occupation: Actor, Doc Holliday
What brought you and keeps you in Tombstone? “Poverty and lack of an offer to go anywhere else.”