Tombstone, Arizona

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Tombstone, Arizona

• By Miranda Wall
• LT 130
• Spring 2006

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History

• Started in 1877
• Ed Lawrence Schieffelin
• Located in Arizona

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O.K. Corral

• October 26, 1881
• Wyatt Earp
• Doc Holliday
• Virgil Earp
• The Clantons

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Birdcage Theater

• The Original building still standing today.
• Another historical monument

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Crystal Palace Saloon

• When life in Tombstone was a crazy kaleidoscope
  of culture and chaos and of good vs. evil

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Big Nose Kates Saloon

• Was once the Grand Hotel, the original building
  built in 1881.
• Big Nose Kate is believed to have been the
  prostitute in Tombstone, Arizona Territory.

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Boot Hill

• 1878-1884
• Founded in 1878 on a slight hill just north west
  of the city.
• This historical cemetery was the burial ground,
  for all of Tombstones earliest pioneers.

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Tombstone Today

• Population approximately 1,504 as of the year
  2000.
• Tombstone still lives on

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Bibliography

• O.K. Corral Famous Gunfight Site, Tombstone AZ.
  www.ok-corral.com
• Welcome to the Tombstone Tumbleweed Homepage
  www.tombstonetumbleweed.com/index.asp
• Tombstone, Arizona-Past Present Ed. Nickels
  Web Design www.tombstone1880.com