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Opulent gambling saloon at 500 E. Allen St (5th & Allen), opened July 1880 by Milton 'Milt' Joyce — the Tombstone Epitaph called it 'the most elegantly furnished saloon this side of the Golden Gate.' Wyatt Earp held a quarter interest in the gambling concession (Jan 1881) and dealt/managed faro here, with Bat Masterson running tables. Site of Doc Holliday's Oct 1880 shooting of Joyce and the Dec 1881 ambush of Virgil Earp nearby.
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- ·Coords from HMDB marker (31°42.742'N 110°3.952'W = 31.71237, -110.06587). Opened July 1880 by Milton Joyce; gaming run by Lou Rickabaugh. Wyatt Earp got a 1/4 gambling interest Jan 1881 as manager/enforcer; Bat Masterson dealt faro. Burned in the 1881 fire (owners Vizina & Cook rebuilt). FOLKLORE: on Tombstone's ghost-tour circuit (US Ghost Adventures / paranormal weekends report 'spirits who never left the bar'); specific named apparitions are thin/uncorroborated — capture only the documented fact that it is a ghost-tour-circuit site. 5+ specific facts.
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