Featured in this lot is this Courtland Ghost Town recovered Navajo Silver Buckle circa 19th century and was housed in the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. The buckle features a solid steel frame with silver over or inlay (as its hard to tell due to age and exposure) with traditional tooling to the buckle consistent with early Navajo silverwork. Courtland’s story begins as a classic mining boomtown. In 1908–1909, copper ore was discovered in the Dragoon Mountains, sparking the establishment of four major mining companies: Great Western, Calumet & Arizona, Copper Queen, and Leadville. The town was named for Courtland Young, brother of one of the principal owners of the Great Western Copper Company. In 1909, Courtland went from a tent camp to a fully-fledged community—with a post office established on March 13 and the Courtland Arizonan newspaper launching that same year. The condition of this Navajo buckle is preserved with heavy patina adorning the silver mounting to this steel buckle with some slight oxidation through the patina but otherwise shows a preserved condition. The measurements of this buckle is 2 1/2" x 3". The collective weight of this buckle is 40.1g. G-056