Welcome to Visit Tombstone.org
- A Visitors Vacation Guide to Tombstone, Arizona
Step back in time and into the Old Wild West. Western
American history, still lives in Tombstone, Arizona in Cochise County.
All of Tombstone is a Registered Historic National Landmark. Below
are two of the participants of the "Gunfight at the OK Corral"
- Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. Others included Morgan Earp, Virgil
Earp, and on the other side - Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury, Ike Clanton,
and Billy Clanton.
FEATURED:
Tombstone's Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday
Founded by Ed Schieffelin when he was prospecting
and staked his claim naming it Tombstone when he discovered silver
and ore. His friends had told him he would find his tombstone if
he went off in the desert from Camp Huachuca. Instead, he founded
Tombstone. In 1880 the first railroad from Tombstone to Tucson was
complete and millions of dollars of silver and gold traveled the
rails.
This new mode of travel and the mines of gold and
silver drew a large new population of residents. In 1881 Tombstone's
population was between 6,000 and 7,000 people. The town got electricity
in 1902 and has survived the ups and downs of time. Today tourism
is the main attraction. It is truly "The Town Too Tough to
Die" and reconstructs itself with time.
Many Hollywood movies have been filmed there and books
written. It has wonderful museums and residents just waiting to
share their love for Tombstone and the history of America's Wild
West.