April 17, 2024
2 1880's C.S. FLY, Tombstone Arizona Territory Cabinet Photos
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Pair of Original 1880's C.S. Fly, Tombstone Arizona Territory Cabinet Photos C.S. Fly was famous for the photographs he took in and around the wild west town of Tombstone, Arizona. He was a witness in 1881 to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, which took place outside his photography studio. The cards measures 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". Both cards and photos are in very good condition. This is part of the B.A. Fickas collection of Tombstone and Arizona Territory photos, documents and ephemera that I will be liquidating over the next few months. B.A. Fickas was a prominent figure in Tombstone and Territorial Arizona as an entrepreneur, businessman, newspaperman and public servant. He relocated from San Diego to Tombstone, AT in 1878. He ran for mayor of Tombstone in January of 1880 and was narrowly defeated. While in Tombstone he served as a member of the Eleventh Territorial Legislature, where he was instrumental in the formation of Cochise County and as Clerk of the Cochise County District Court. He was the first Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Arizona and served as Commander of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic in 1882. He relocated to Phoenix in 1887 where he served as Maricopa County Undersheriff from 1888 to 1889. He also served as President of the Phoenix School Board, as Democratic Central Committee
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