TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA

Home to Boothill Graveyard, the Birdcage Theatre and the O.K. Corral, nothing makes one think of the spirits of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and the Clanton Brothers like Tombstone, Arizona.

Your closest airport will be Tucson, Arizona, 75 miles away plus a drive of 1.5 hours. There is also Arizona Sunshine Tours, a shuttle service available from Tucson International Airport to Tombstone. 

 

Another option would be to fly into Phoenix which is 180 miles away and will then a 3 hour drive to Tombstone. 

 

In its early days, Tombstone was a lawless, rough and tumble silver-mining town made famous by the O.K. Corral gunfight. 

OK Corral Entrance

OK Corral gunfight site

Wyatt Earp saddle from the movie Tombstone

Today, you can walk where Wyatt Earp walked, see where the infamous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place, and visit historical places such as the Tombstone Courthouse, the Bird Cage Theatre, and much more.

Tombstone Courthouse

Birdcage Theatre

Inside Birdcage Theatre

Inside Birdcage Theatre

Inside Birdcage Theatre

Inside Birdcage Theatre

Tombstone is proud of its history and loves to entertain visitors with reenactments, celebrations, and visual displays that depict the rich history that made Tombstone "The Town Too Tough To Die." 

 

Most of Tombstone's historic buildings are within an area bounded by Fremont, 6th, Toughnut and 3rd Street. Among them are St. Paul's Episcopal Church, built in 1882; the Rose Tree Museum & Bookstore, home of the world's largest rose tree; and the Tombstone Epitaph building, where the oldest continuously published paper in Arizona is still being printed.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

St Pauls Episcopal Church

Rose Tree Museum

 

Rose Tree Museum

Tombstone Epitaph

Tombstone is America's best example of our 1880s western heritage, which is well preserved with original 1880s buildings and artifacts featured in numerous museums.

Tombstone Street Scene

Tombstone Street Scene

Tombstone Street Scene

Tombstone Street Scene

Tombstone Street Scene

Tombstone Street Scene

Tombstone Main Street

Not far from Main Street you can find Boothill Graveyard. It amazed me with how many graves indicated shot and hanged.  Living between 1880-1884 in Tombstone would have been quite an experience.

The Clanton's graves

Now a tourist hotspot, you can hang up your cowboy hat and dust off your chaps in the numerous saloons, restaurants, and shops that line Allen Street.  Each building has its own story.