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BAUER FAMILY HISTORY FROM VALERIE (BAUER, STRINKER) KURSON SNAVELY - THANK YOU VALERIE/sTEPHEN

BAUER FAMILY HISTORY FROM VALERIE (BAUER, STRINKER) KURSON SNAVELY - THANK YOU VALERIE/sTEPHEN

BAUER FAMILY HISTORY FROM VALERIE (BAUER, STRINKER) KURSON SNAVELY - THANK YOU VALERIE/sTEPHEN

BAUER FAMILY HISTORY FROM VALERIE (BAUER, STRINKER) KURSON SNAVELY - THANK YOU VALERIE/sTEPHEN

BAUER FAMILY HISTORY FROM VALERIE (BAUER, STRINKER) KURSON SNAVELY - THANK YOU VALERIE/sTEPHEN

BAUER FAMILY HISTORY FROM VALERIE (BAUER, STRINKER) KURSON SNAVELY - THANK YOU VALERIE/sTEPHEN

 Tombstone's First Family
1878-2022

Apollinar & Maria Bauer.

The following is a collection of Bauer family writings/memories by Apollinar & Maria's daughter,

Bertha Bauer Strinker, 

granddaughter, Marjorie (Bauer) Strinker Kurson
and great-granddaughter,

Valerie (Bauer, Strinker) Kurson Snavely.

THREE BEAUTIFUL GENERATIONS OF BAUER HISTORY...

L-R- BERTHA BAUER STRINKER 1887-1955 - MARJORIE (BAUER) STRINKER KURSON 1920-2012 AND

VALERIE (BAUER, STRINKER) KURSON SNAVELY 1953 - 

1993 Soundtrack to the movie tombstone 1:12.00

Bruce Broughton's Tombstone Movie Soundtrack 1993.

1994 soundtrack to the movie "Wyatt Earp." 2:35.00

James Newton Howard's "Wyatt Earp" Soundtrack...1994.

THEY "NEARLY KILLED THE BABY"

ABOVE...WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1881...APOLLINAR & MARIA BAUER'S MEAT MARKET AT 318 -320 FREMONT STREET, TOMBSTONE. BAUER'S MEAT MARKET WAS ONLY 30 FEET EAST OF FLY'S LODGING HOUSE WHERE THE SHOOTOUT NEAR THE OK CORRAL ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE. after the SHOOTOUT, the BAUERs Said THE bullets "NEARLY KILLED THE BABY." DRAWING BY GARY S. MCLELLAND.

VIDEO LINKS...TO THE 1957 BAUER MEAT MARKET REBUILD   JERRY PRATHER'S 1957 TOMBSTONE - MIKE MIHALJEVICH VIDEO.   LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN MCLELLAND'S 1884 TOMBSTONE TOUR MCLELLAND'S LOST STREETS OF TOMBSTONE NEWSREELS 1925 & 1929  DRAWING FREMONT ST.

TOMBSTONE'S MUSIC MAN  AL WHITTLE'S WYATT EARP MUSIC VIDEO 2014  BURL IVES - THERE'S A MULE UP IN TOMBSTONE 1950 

WED. OCT 26, 1881, SOUTHSIDE OF FREMONT ST. 2:30 PM

IS THE MAN HOLDING A BROOM AT 2:13 SUPPOSED TO BE APOLLINAR BAUER?  TIME: 4:51

USE SIDE ARROWS OR TAP DISPLAY SCREEN TO CHANGE IMAGES ON ALL THREE bauer photo gallery slideshows

USE SIDE ARROWS OR TAP DISPLAY SCREEN TO CHANGE IMAGES ON ALL THREE bauer photo gallery slideshows

USE SIDE ARROWS OR TAP DISPLAY SCREEN TO CHANGE IMAGES ON ALL THREE bauer photo gallery slideshows

USE SIDE ARROWS OR TAP DISPLAY SCREEN TO CHANGE IMAGES ON ALL THREE bauer photo gallery slideshows

USE SIDE ARROWS OR TAP DISPLAY SCREEN TO CHANGE IMAGES ON ALL THREE bauer photo gallery slideshows

USE SIDE ARROWS OR TAP DISPLAY SCREEN TO CHANGE IMAGES ON ALL THREE bauer photo gallery slideshows

DRAWINGS AND IMAGES OF BAUER'S MEAT MARKET 1881-2022

FILMS..BAUER MEAT MARKET IN COLOR 1929

BAUER'S MEAT MARKET ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1881. 

BY GARY S. McLELLAND

bertha bauer strinker's family history

SCHIEFFELIN'S TOMBSTONE

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marjorie (bauer) strinker kurson, daughter of bertha bauer strinker, granddaughter of apollinar & maria bauer and mother of valerie (bauer, strinker) kurson snavely.

MARJORIE BAUER STRINKER WAS A MODEL DURING HER EARLY YEARS.

VALERIE (BAUER, STRINKER) KURSON SNAVELY, DAUGHTER OF MARJORIE BAUER STRINKER AND GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF APOLLINAR & MARIE BAUER.

VALERIE (BAUER) STRINKER KURSON SNAVELY, great granddaughter of tombstone's apollinar & maria bauer.

 "My mother, Marjorie "Bauer " Kurson Snavely, granddaughter of Apollinar and Maria Bauer of Tombstone, was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1920. Marjorie was the eldest daughter of Bertha Bauer Strinker and Joe Strinker. Mom grew up listening to her mother Bertha’s stories about the adventures and lives of Apollinar and Maria Bauer, who were Bertha’s parents and my mother’s grandparents. Unfortunately, Mom never knew either Apollinar or Maria, who’d died by the time Margorie was born. Almost to the end of her long life, Mom would tell me fascinating tales about her grandparents, who were original founders of Tombstone…how her grandfather, Apollinar, was the wagonmaster of the wagon train that traveled west to Arizona Territory, how the actions of her grandmother, Maria, prevented a band of Native Americans from burning the wagons and potentially killing their occupants, and how Apollinar once encountered Billy The Kid. I loved listening to Mom’s accounts of these long-ago events, especially those about actual historical events. One of these stories involved the famous gunfight at Tombstone’s OK Corral. Apollinar and Maria Bauer owned a butcher shop/meat market adjacent to the corral, and undoubtedly knew everyone involved in the incident. In fact, Apollinar was sworn in and testified at the subsequent OK Corral Inquest. At the time of the gunfight, the Bauer family lived adjacent to their store and during the showdown, at least one of the bullets went through their front window, nearly killing the baby - my mother’s Aunt Minnie. (see below image)

1883 - MINNIE BAUER POSING IN FLY'S PHOTO GALLERY. MINNIE, DAUGHTER APOLLINAR & MARIE BAUER, WAS NEARLY KILLED DURING THE SHOOTOUT.

 As a girl, Mom undoubtedly visited the vacant Bauer storefront in Tombstone with her family. Those were the days before the town became the tourist destination that it is today. Mom was very proud of her Bauer heritage and her family’s history, and passed that on to me. Like any old building, the original Bauer store deteriorated over time until it no longer remained. I was a 4-year-old, living in Ohio during 1957, when Mayor Sid Wilson had a “new” adobe version of my great-grandfather’s store constructed to represent the original that was gone. Although it may not have been an architectural twin, the new Bauer’s gave Tombstone visitors the opportunity to get an idea of what the town looked like during its Wild West days. It was also an effort to retain an air of the history that surrounds and encompasses the place. While on a sentimental trip to Arizona during the early 1980s, Mom had a chance to see the reconstructed store building. She was delighted and I well remember her telling me about it when she returned. Unfortunately, I never got to visit the building myself. Sad to hear it is now a parking lot. As Apollinar and Maria Bauer’s great-granddaughter, I’m saddened that the reconstruction of my relatives’ store wasn’t thought worthwhile enough to preserve. It served to connect the Bauer name with the town’s historical past, which - as founders - was appropriate. Today, that building would have been over 60 years old. It’s not a far stretch to imagine that some of the folks who planned and worked on it during the 1950s may, in their youth, have know Apollinar and Maria personally. During my Tombstone visit, I met only one person - an older man working in the Bird Cage Theater who recognized the Bauer name. In its zeal to expand tourist parking, I must wonder if Tombstone hasn’t unfortunately erased part of the reason that people come to visit - history. Mom told me that during her visit to Tombstone during the ‘80s, she absolutely saw some of her grandfather’s possessions in a location that I remember to have been the Birdcage Theatre. When we were there a couple of years ago, we toured the Birdcage…there were lots of old things, but none were marked with provenance!" All the best… 


Valerie (Bauer) Kurson Snavely (great-granddaughter of Apollinar and Maria Bauer October 26, 2022 

SOT 2022
 

APOLLINAR BAUER MEETS "BILLY THE KID"

VALERIE (BAUER, STRINKER) KURSON SNAVELY OCT. 26, 2022

BILLY THE KID

Apollinar and Maria owned several cattle ranches near Tombstone (Mom said the number was around seven). Cowboys were hired to work on the properties, most of which had bunkhouses, cookhouses, stables, etc.
 As the owner, Apollinar regularly drove among these ranches to check that everything was to his liking. His preferred method of travel was to use a horse and carriage, rather than just ride in a saddle. One day, driving up to a property’s bunkhouse, he saw a young man standing on the porch and a horse tied up at the rail. The cowboys were away working at a different ranch and no one was supposed to be there. Apollinar got down from the buggy, walked over and began talking with the young man, asking what he wanted. The fellow told Apollinar that he was riding a long distance and had run out of provisions, so he’d stopped to see if he could buy some from the cookhouse. When he found it empty, he’d gone to the bunkhouse to see if anyone was in there. Apollinar asked the young man what provisions he needed and got them for him from the cookhouse. He also gave the young man a couple of his own cigars. The fellow tried to pay, but Apollinar wouldn’t accept his money.
 They talked a while longer, until the young man said he had to be on his way. He thanked Apollinar again and mounted his horse. Before riding off, he asked, “Do you know who I am?” 

“Yes,” replied Apollinar. “You’re Billy the Kid.”
The young man doffed his hat, smiled and rode away.

By being calm and treating him decently, Apollinar undoubtedly avoided becoming another victim. 

My own note: Whether this was Billy the Kid or not, it is lost in time.


Valerie (Bauer) Kurson Snavely (great-granddaughter of Apollinar and Maria Bauer October 26, 2022 

SOT 2022
 
 

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