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'Authentic' Old West

Looks like the town of Tombstone, AZ is breaking the rules and will have to pay for it. No, not because of the notoriously bad pizza named after it....The Feds' Dept. of the Interior has put the town, listed as a National Historic Landmark, on the "threatened list."

Apparently ol' Tombstone has sold out to the tourists and has been making itself more "authentic" each day:

Newer buildings bear false dates from the 1870s to 1880s. Storefronts are painted colors like chartreuse -- not found in Tombstone 125 years ago. Some buildings are made to look older with faux exposed brick or Spanish tiles.

What!?! They're faking it for the hard-earned money of the 450,000 tourists Tombstone gets a year. Hard to believe. Also hard to believe this hasn't happened hm, about everywhere else, that's a designated landmark! We don't remember the 'authentic' butter churners in Colonial Williamsburg having Nikes in the 1800s either but we're not complaining.

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