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3 January 2007 Peg Price

Bloody Brunckow's Cabin

on the Charleston Road near Tombstone

Arizona's bloodiest cabin claimed 21 lives.
Frederick Brunckow built it in 1858 while he was working nearby silver claims.
He was the first to die when Mexican workers put a drill through his chest and threw him down a mine shaft.
Most of the others were killed before 1880.
On a personal note: It took 3 trips to Tombstone to locate these ruins. It was well worth the effort to finally find it.
Looking at the condition it's in today, I wonder how much longer the ruins will be visible.
Rangers at the courthouse in Tombstone indicated there were no plans at the present time to preserve the remaining ruins.


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