'You tell him I'm comin, and Hell's comin with me'


A prospector by the name of Edward Lawrence Schiefflin was lured in 1877 to the San Pedro Valley where he had heard that silver had been discovered. Braving the brutal attacks of the neighbouring Apache Indians, Schiefflin was a constant amazement to the US soldiers and other prospectors, as he seemed unaffected by the danger he placed himself in. One day a soldier confronted Schiefflin asking him why he persisted on travelling into the hills where he could easily meet his death. 'To find rocks', was his simple response. The soldier was mystified and told Schiefflin that the only rock he would end up finding out in the hills would be his own tombstone.
When Ed finally found the silver score he had been searching for, he remembered this exchange and named his claim Toomstone. The story and the name seemed to stick to the town.

How's that for a history lesson? I mean, did you think I was just going to go on and on about how the actors moustaches gave me nightmares? I can see how shaving daily was probably not a huge priority in the old west, but you can only see so many handlebar moustaches without wanting someone to twist the ends and laugh diabolically.

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