Creating Wild West heroes -- Exciting and violent towns -- Escaping the frontier -- Early tourism -- Boot Hills as attractions -- Old West celebrations -- Entertainment and tourism -- Museums and preservation.
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In Tombstone, Deadwood, and Dodge City, Kevin Britz and Roger L. Nichols conduct a tour of these iconic towns, revealing how over time they became repositories of western America's defining myth. Beginning with the founding of the communities in the 1860s and 1870s, this book traces the circumstances, conversations, and clashes that shaped the settlements over the course of a century.