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Tombstone – Arizona

Images of Tombstone – Arizona, taken in May 2023.

After silver was discovered in the area in the late 1870’s Tombstone became a boom town overnight. Almost immediately after its founding in 1879 the town had 110 saloons, 14 gambling halls and numerous dance halls and brothels. The Bird Cage Theater still stands today and was most famous for its Bird Cage Crib Compartments where the ladies of the night would service the men of the city. It was also here where the longest poker game in western history occurred, running continuously for 8 years, 5 months and 3 days.

Tombstone is known world-wide for the infamous ‘Gunfight at the O.K. Corral’ between the Earp brothers (Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil) with Doc Holliday verses the Clanton brothers (Ike and Billy) and the McLaury brothers (Tom and Frank) resulting in the deaths of Billy Clanton and the McLaury brothers, all of which are buried at the equally famous Boothill Graveyard.

In the mid-1880’s the water table was penetrated, flooding the mine and it was abandoned; Tombstone nearly became a ghost town overnight. Today Tombstone is a tourist destination highlighting its history and the ‘Gunfight at the O.K. Corral’ in particular.
The Bird Cage Theater, old west Honky-Tonk, in Tombstone AZ
The Bird Cage Theater, old west Honky-Tonk, in Tombstone AZ 		Painting of Fatima, the Oriental Belly Dancer, at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
Painting of Fatima, the Oriental Belly Dancer, at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ		 Original Cherrywood Bar and Backbar at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
Original Cherrywood Bar and Backbar at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ		 Bullet hole in the bar, one of 140 in the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
Bullet hole in the bar, one of 140 in the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ		 Longhorn hanging in the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
Longhorn hanging in the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
‘Bird Cages’ for the ‘ladies of the night’ hanging above the Dance Hall in the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
‘Bird Cages’ for the ‘ladies of the night’ hanging above the Dance Hall in the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ		 The ‘Black Moriah’, the original 24-carat gold trimmed Boothill hearse at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
The ‘Black Moriah’, the original 24-carat gold trimmed Boothill hearse at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ		 Original Faro Table where Doc Holliday played in the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
Original Faro Table where Doc Holliday played in the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ		 Rosewood Grand Piano, here since its arrival in 1881, at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
Rosewood Grand Piano, here since its arrival in 1881, at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ		 Oddity on display at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
Oddity on display at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
Tombstone sign on the theater curtain at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
Tombstone sign on the theater curtain at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ		 The Crystal Palace Saloon in Tombstone AZ
The Crystal Palace Saloon in Tombstone AZ		 Bar girl serves up suds at the Crystal Palace Saloon in Tombstone AZ
Bar girl serves up suds at the Crystal Palace Saloon in Tombstone AZ		 Ne’er-do-well takes aim from behind the bar at the Crystal Palace Saloon in Tombstone AZ
Ne’er-do-well takes aim from behind the bar at the Crystal Palace Saloon in Tombstone AZ		 Saloon girl and the bar at the Crystal Palace Saloon in Tombstone AZ
Saloon girl and the bar at the Crystal Palace Saloon in Tombstone AZ
City Hall and Marshall’s Office on Freemont Street in Tombstone AZ
City Hall and Marshall’s Office on Freemont Street in Tombstone AZ		 Fly’s Photography and the O.K Corral on Freemont Street in Tombstone AZ
Fly’s Photography and the O.K Corral on Freemont Street in Tombstone AZ		 Site of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone AZ
Site of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone AZ		 Sign at the studio of photographer C.S. Fly in Tombstone AZ (A.T. – Arizona Territory)
Sign at the studio of photographer C.S. Fly in Tombstone AZ (A.T. – Arizona Territory)		 Crazy Annie’s Bordello sign (Bed and Breakfast Saloon) in Tombstone AZ
Crazy Annie’s Bordello sign (Bed and Breakfast Saloon) in Tombstone AZ
View of a prostitute’s ‘crib’ in Tombstone AZ
View of a prostitute’s ‘crib’ in Tombstone AZ		 1860’s saddle ridden by Kurt Russell in the movie Tombstone at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone AZ
1860’s saddle ridden by Kurt Russell in the movie Tombstone at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone AZ		 Office of the Tombstone Epitaph, founded in 1880 in Tombstone AZ
Office of the Tombstone Epitaph, founded in 1880 in Tombstone AZ		 Wyatt Earp’s house on Freemont Street in Tombstone AZ
Wyatt Earp’s house on Freemont Street in Tombstone AZ		 View down Allen Street from the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
View down Allen Street from the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone AZ
The stage coach parked on Allen Street in Tombstone AZ
The stage coach parked on Allen Street in Tombstone AZ		 Cowboy on Allen Street in Tombstone AZ
Cowboy on Allen Street in Tombstone AZ		 Stage coach traveling along Allen Street in Tombstone AZ
Stage coach traveling along Allen Street in Tombstone AZ		 Union cowboy in Tombstone AZ
Union cowboy in Tombstone AZ		 Sign outside of a saloon in Tombstone AZ
Sign outside of a saloon in Tombstone AZ
First Tombstone lodging house on Freemont Street in Tombstone AZ
First Tombstone lodging house on Freemont Street in Tombstone AZ		 Cowboy fist fight on the streets of Tombstone AZ
Cowboy fist fight on the streets of Tombstone AZ		 Johnny Ringo throws a punch on the streets of Tombstone AZ
Johnny Ringo throws a punch on the streets of Tombstone AZ		 Sherriff fires a shotgun on the streets of Tombstone AZ
Sherriff fires a shotgun on the streets of Tombstone AZ		 Tombstone fire station number 1 in Tombstone AZ
Tombstone fire station number 1 in Tombstone AZ
The Tombstone Courthouse (1882) in Tombstone AZ
The Tombstone Courthouse (1882) in Tombstone AZ		 Gallows, where five men were hanged for murders in Bisbee, at the Tombstone Courthouse in Tombstone AZ
Gallows, where five men were hanged for murders in Bisbee, at the Tombstone Courthouse in Tombstone AZ		 Rifles on the wall of the Tombstone Courthouse in Tombstone AZ
Rifles on the wall of the Tombstone Courthouse in Tombstone AZ		 Early 1880’s piano on display at the Tombstone Courthouse in Tombstone AZ
Early 1880’s piano on display at the Tombstone Courthouse in Tombstone AZ		 Schieffelin Hall, largest adobe structure in the U.S. southwest, in Tombstone AZ
Schieffelin Hall, largest adobe structure in the U.S. southwest, in Tombstone AZ

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Greg Temple 23-May-2023 14:48
Great pics from an epic place. Hope the back is healing up - I may be following your footsteps sometime…
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