From my photo story, "Life in Tombstone, Arizona," a town where old and new converge. These girls bought their bonnets and took a stage coach ride around the infamous western tourist destination.

Reenactment player Daniel Raphael said competition among troupes is contentious.

The way things used to be in the Wild, Wild West!

Character players in 2009 look tough enough for the Tombstone of 130 years ago.

A few months ago, Leah, a local server at the Six Gun City Restaurant, suffered a heart attack during her shift. She isn’t yet 30, but was in dire straits when no ambulance was available. An actor’s wife later said Tombstone officials had sold it to the nearby city of Bisbee. (Leah, she said, was airlifted to Tucson and received a pacemaker.) Here, Leah prepped for the Saturday night crowd at the Six Gun City Restaurant.