Gambling license issued to Ike Isaacs to operate one keno table in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, on April 10, 1882. The license is signed by Mayor John Carr. Ike Isaacs (1841-1906), born in Albany, New York, moved west in 1859 and to Tombstone in 1881. His gambling establishment was located on a famous street, and he expanded his operations in 1882. He was a known associate of Wyatt Earp and may have witnessed the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881. Isaacs is considered the best-documented Jewish western gambler.
Subject: Tombstone, Arizona
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A letter written on Bank of Tucson stationery by B. M. Jacobs to A. Springer in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, dated December 9, 1884. The letter contains a discussion of revisions to a code system and bears the stamp of the Cochise County Bank, Tombstone, Arizona Territory. The letter is considered rare Western content.
A letter written on Bank of Tucson stationery by B.M. Jacobs to A. Springer in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, dated February 25, 1885. The letter bears the stamp of the Cochise County Bank in Tombstone. The content pertains to mercantile matters.