Tombstone is a historic city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, founded in 1877 by prospector Ed Schieffelin in what was then Pima County, Arizona.There are a few historic towns that might come to mind when thinking about the Wild West like Deadwood, South Dakota, or Dodge City, Kansas. But few places have an as legendary history as the city of Tombstone, Arizona. The old mining town is famous for being the location of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and numerous Old West legends called its streets home over the years, like Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday.