Tombstone epitaph., 1909-09-26
The Story of
 the Tombstone


 The Junior Post Express of Roch- ester, N. Y, devotes much space to the encouragement of story writing | among its you hful readers, and each | week prints number of stories sent | by the young correspondents. The | last issue contains . story on the history of Tombstone by Norm n Aoe!l, aged Il years, of this city. The story is graphic description of Tomb. stone and its discoverer, being a tale of some of the many v.r;ed and lurid accounts told of Tombstone overheard by the clever youth and presented in the following good "story of Tomb stone."
 Away back in the state of Penn sylvan'a there was born child by the name of Edward Schieffelin. When he came to be a man he caught the western fever and came cut to the land beyond the Rockies. Then he became a daring and hardy prospec.or and miner. One day he walked into store in Tccson and ordered pros- 5 pecting outfit. Then men in the
 store asked him where he was going
 and he tolk them he was going over
 into the Dragons mountains m
 search of rich mines. They told him he would be more apt to find hi; U Tombstone. He finally persuaded ,e some daring fellows like himself to gt ,e with him. His friends begged hin r. not to go, but he did.
 Id "The prospectors left Tucson, head. te ing in the direction of the Dragons ,s They were down by the San Pedr lt when they saw the traces oi Indians !, When they reached the foothi Is
 was almost dark. Here Schietfel;i re decided to camp for the night. II ii. thought it would be more safe to cam ai there than to g down by the river he But his friends did net find they wen he down to the river and built their ca ID
 fire and camped for the night Ths elf night all of Schieffelin's companion he were taken bv surprise by the Indian .s. and killed. But Schiefelin was gal as among the boulders in the fonthiils he The next day he discovered some ( pe the richest mines of the west. In ed month he took out of one mine Ss0, 0C is in ore. Those rich mines drew peop
 here to settle He called the tow
 Tombstone" Alter he had pro
 pected here awhile he sold his grou
 of mines to company and went ,d Oregon. The namee of two of u
 mines that he sold were the Luck 'e Cuss" and the "Toughnut." He sol An his group for sl, 100000. An adjoir ." ir mine was sold for Sl0.000 by i '' locator. The company that bJugl oh it paid. ou, $3,00a.0oO in about for " years, in dividends alone.
 "Scbitffelin vas known to have s'ey "' alone in his shack with 1850, 900 in h possession; but he was 90 fearless ar
 80 fine a shot with a rifle that none a1 the many hold-ups dared attack hi A .ith the intention of win ming 30 muc e' ss that
 "SehieffeliL died in Oregon at Il "a" age of 49. He was born in lS4s' Il" was always his wish when he died ths
 he should be buriei at hi- first cam ing place. There stands there no o' among the big boulders solid graI ''- ite rock monument in the shape oi oe mining location. It is about Is fe, ne high and about B feet around at tt '"' base. This monument stands in 'o public park lt was given Tn memoI se of Edward Schieffelin by a special a, '7e Of congress through the efforts
 Mark Smith, our former delegate ,
 congress. The park contains twent
 acres"