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Scenic Detours

Hello, my name is Linda Weiland and welcome to my website. Here you will find a collection of my original articles. The Southwest is a beautiful part of the country and I hope I can help you find exciting new places to visit and learn a thing or two as well!

The Tombstone Rose Tree

The Rose Tree on trellis of wood and iron

The World’s Largest Rose Tree, the 125 year old Tombstone Rose is in bloom!  Spring is the most romantic time to visit Tombstone, an historic silver mining boomtown in southeast Arizona.  Each April, Tombstone’s oldest living resident, the 125-year-old Tombstone Rose Tree, bursts into bloom, perfuming Tombstone with the enchanting scent of violets.  Read the rest of this entry »

Tombstone Courthouse Update

Good News!!! The Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park has gotten a repreive, and will remain open.  Read the rest of this entry »

Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park

Tombstone Courthouse is one of the oldest Arizona Territorial Courthouses still standing.  Witness to some of the most dramatic trials of Arizona’s early days, controversey is swirling around the historic site again. 

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