War II. He retired as a chemist, having worked in the explosives industry, and moved to
Tombstone, Arizona. In 1957, Ben sold his first historical article and has never looked away
from his lifelong interest. His first publication in the Tombstone Epitaph came in 1963,
paving the road of a writing career that investigates virtually every aspect of that legendary
Wild West town and the persona's of its history. Since then, he has written more than 600
newspaper and magazine articles and has published over 40 pamphlets and books. Ben is the
director of the Tombstone Tourism Association, the official town historian, and proprietor
of Red Marie’s Bookstore where most of his books are available.
In 1971, Ben brought the bleachers down from the local high school to the OK Corral, where
he and the group he’d co-founded, known as The Wild Bunch, performed one of the first
reenactments of the historical events that made Tombstone famous. The Wild Bunch and
Hell’s Belles have since performed 36 years at the OK Corral and have been in more than
200 motion pictures and television shows.
- TOMBSTONE CLIPPINGS Clippings taken from the yellowed files of the town's newspapers, telling the real story of life in
1880's Tombstone - HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS Numerous documents, photos, letters, city records, licenses of
boomtown days. See what the town and people looked like in the violent years. - TOMBSTONE'S BOOTHILL Story of those buried in Boothill and how they got there
- GHOST TOWNS AND LOST TREASURES Ghost towns of Cochise County and lost treasures and mines in Arizona and
Sonora - LEGENDARY CHARACTERS OF SOUTHEAST ARIZONA A sequel to The Chronicles of Tombstone. Many more of the
colorful characters from southeast Arizona history - THE FRAIL PRISONERS OF YUMA TERRITORIAL PRISON Few know that 29 females served time in Yuma
- MEN AND MYSTERIES IN MEXICO by Mary D & Ben T Traywick. Explanations of unusual men and events that abound in
Mexico - FIERY FOODS FROM TOMBSTONE by Mary D Traywick. Recipes passed verbally from mother to daughter since the time
of the conquistadors - THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA Southerners defended the principles of the US Constitution as originally
written with their life's blood. - THAT WICKED LITTLE GRINGO Tombstone's John Slaughter- a man of iron, a loner, silent, dangerous and deadly
- THE CHRONICLES OF TOMBSTONE A carefully researched and documented account of Tombstone's turbulent times,
including many of the colorful personalities who inhabited Tombstone - WYATT EARP'S 13 DEAD MEN Tombstone's violent years as told by the City Historian of Tombstone
- THE CLANTONS OF TOMBSTONE The first book ever written on the Clantons
- BEHIND RED LIGHTS How the ladies of the night lived and how they died in boomtown Tombstone. Many documents and
photos seen nowhere else - BIG JIM SAVAGE The man who married 5 Indian princesses, had 33 mistresses, and controlled hundreds of Indians that
dug barrels of gold for him - KU KLUX KLAN The real reasons why and how the Klan was formed
- THE CHINESE DRAGON IN TOMBSTONE The town had approximately 500 Chinese citizens. The lives of all were
controlled by a Chinese woman called China Mary. Many photos - THIS IS TOMBSTONE One-of-a-kind history of the town's buildings, with photos
- ANALYSIS OF THE GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL The town historian tells why and how it happened, with photos and
documents - CAMILLUS SIDNEY FLY, THE MAN WHO PHOTOGRAPHED HISTORY Contains a brief history of Fly and numerous
photos by him, many never published before
REFERENCE BOOKS ON TOMBSTONE HISTORY
- At present 5 of these books are available. The final one will be published in 2008, and is not yet listed. Owning this entire
collection of books will compare to having access to a Tombstone collection that is 40 years in the making. Much of the
information has been published nowhere else.
- 1879 TOMBSTONE CENSUS Hand written by sheriff Charles Shibbel and his authority to do so. September 1879, and a
short history of Tombstone - MINUTES BOOK COMMON COUNCIL VILLAGE OF TOMBSTONE SEPTEMBER 10. 1880 THROUGH JANUARY 16,
1882 Hand written accounts of all the actions taken by the council and recorded by the city clerk between the dates given - TOMBSTONE PAPER TRAILS A reference book filled with documents pertaining to Tombstone's history and the town's
historical characters - DEATH'S DOINGS IN TOMBSTONE A mass of new information and documentation on those who died violently in and
around Tombstone; undertaker's ads, death certificates, coroner's reports, and Spicer's complete decision on the Gunfight - TOMBSTONE'S OTHER CEMETERY Information collected on those buried in the City Cemetery
Books about Tombstone by Mary D Traywick and Ben T Traywick
Available at:
Red Marie's Bookstore, located at Fifth Street across from the Epitaph
P. O. Box 891
Tombstone, Arizona
85638
