Power from the Past Show at Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park during Helldorado Days October 20-21
Phoenix Arizona - Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park invites you to the 17th Annual Power From the Past Antique Power show on Saturday, October 20th from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, October 21st from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
During the show operating antique engines will pump water, make ice cream, generate electricity, and more. There will also be a static display of antique tractors. Fresh ice cream and ice-cold beverages will be available (while supplies last) with proceeds going to Power From the Past Antique Engine Club and the Friends of Tombstone Courthouse.
This event is held in conjunction with Tombstone’s Helldorado Days. Helldorado, since its inception in 1929, has focused on the guardianship of Tombstone’s infamous past. This celebration is the city’s oldest event. Watch the streets of Tombstone fill up for a grand parade on Sunday! There’ll be bands, gunfighters, saloon girls, cowboys, mounted and marching units, horses, cars, tractors, royalty and floats to celebrate the past and present of Tombstone, Arizona!
For more information please call Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park at (520) 457-3311. The Park is located on the corner of Toughnut and 3rd Streets, 2 blocks off Highway 80, in Tombstone, Arizona.
Admission to the event is free, but regular park fees apply for visitors inside Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park. Regular park fees are $4 per person for those aged 14 and up; children aged 13 and younger are free when accompanied by an adult.
Tombstone, the West’s wildest mining town owes its beginning to Ed Schieffelin, who prospected the nearby hills in 1877 discovering rich lodes of silver. Miners soon built a shantytown on the closest level space to the mines, then known as Goose Flats. In 1881 the population reached 10,000, rivaling both Tucson (county seat) and Prescott (territorial capital). The well known Earp and Clanton feud culminated in the famous gun battle near the OK Corral. A disastrous fire burned out much of the infant town, but it was immediately rebuilt by 1882. Tombstone’s first heyday came to an end in 1886, but not before $37,000,000 worth of silver had been taken from the mines.
Power from the Past, an antique engine and tractor association, exists to preserve and maintain early examples of machinery, their related components and tools which were designed as labor-saving devices for agricultural, commercial, and domestic service. It serves as a source of information for the benefit of the members and the general public. Power from the Past collects, restores, exhibits, and conducts research on early day engines, tractors, and equipment.
For information about Arizona State Parks call (602) 542-4174 (outside of the Phoenix metro area call toll-free (800) 285-3703) or visit the website at www.azstateparks.com.
Source: Arizona State Parks
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