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  Tombstone - Arizona Ghost Town
Tombstone's post office was established December 2, 1878 and has yet to be discontinued.
Tombstone is the most famous of Arizona mining camps with its colorful history.
Tombstone who flourished under the hunt of silver in the beginning of 1880 was known as one of the most notorious and violence towns, - here was silver the king, - but anyway so was a Tombstone the most nice and cultural town in the West.
www.ghosttowns.com /states/az/tombstone.html   (1018 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Tombstone, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
With its pleasant climate and legendary past, Tombstone is a well-known tourist attraction.
Tombstone quickly became one of the richest and most lawless mining towns in the Southwest.
Among Tombstone's many picturesque landmarks are Boot Hill Graveyard, where many desperados are buried; Bird Cage Theater, now a museum; and O.K. Corral, scene of a climactic gun battle between the Clanton gang and Wyatt Earp, his brother Virgil, and Doc Holliday.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/T/Tombston.html   (248 words)

  
 Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tombstone reached its pinnacle of riches and then faded, all within the short span of eight years.
Tombstone remained th county seat until 1929, when outvoted by a growing Bisbee, and the county seat was moved there.
When the Tombstone Restoration Commission acquired it, they began the courthouse rehabilitation and the development as a histiorical museum that has continued to operate as a state park since 1959.
www.pr.state.az.us /parkhtml/tombstone.html   (580 words)

  
 Tombstone
Years later, Tombstone murdered a crimelord, Ozzie Montana, and Robertson was tipped on the murder and testified on it years later where he was sent to prison from withholding evidence from authorities.
Tombstone, also in prison at the time, learned of Robertson's whereabouts, and then was transferred to the same prison as his childhood friend.
Tombstone was part of a major storyline, "Dead Man's Hand", in the pages of Daredevil, Cage, and Nomad and has also appeared in Darkhawk, but Tombstone made his name in the pages of the Spider-Titles and was played a prominent role in the 2-issue limited series Spider-Man/ Punisher: Family Plot.
www.samruby.com /Villains/Tombstone/tombstone.htm   (436 words)

  
 Tombstone Arizona | History | Attractions | Tombstone Hotels
Surviving a day in Tombstone was a victory as its famous Boot Hill Cemetery overflowed with those shot during poker games, killed in drunken-induced gunfights and even hung for simply becoming a public nuisance.
Tombstone Arizona is perhaps most famous for its Gunfight at OK Corral when the Earp brothers, Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan, along with friend Doc Holliday shot it out with the Clanton and McLaury Gang.
Although the Gunfight at OK Corral is the most famous historical attraction of Tombstone Arizona, it was the tenacity and bravery of Edward Lawrence Schieffelin that spawned the town of Tombstone and the unusual way it got its name.
www.arizona-leisure.com /tombstone-arizona.html   (1063 words)

  
 The craft of tombstone rubbing
Whether the stone is carved from an exquisite piece of marble, an ornamental flawless piece of granite, or a crude yet sentimentally chiseled rock, the tombstone serves as a monument to a life lived.
What follows is a brief history of tombstone rubbings as well as how the hobby of genealogy has brought the craft of back into fashion.
Tombstone symbolism expresses personal choice as well as feelings that the family or the decedent wished to convey.
riri.essortment.com /graveyardstombs_myc.htm   (1212 words)

  
 Tombstone Arizona Motel - Larian Motel - Historic Arizona
Today, visitors to Tombstone Arizona are rewarded with a host of many original buildings and authenticity that others can only try to recreate, at best.
Tombstone Arizona Courthouse, built in 1882, site of famous trials and hangings that are part of the legend.
Tombstone's "Mother Lode of Silver" was hidden in the central area of the San Pedro Valley.
www.tombstonemotels.com   (540 words)

  
 Tombstone : Attractions | Frommers.com
When the residents of Tombstone weren't shooting each other in the streets, they were likely to be found in the saloons and bawdy houses that lined Allen Street.
Admission is $6 for adults, $5.50 for seniors, and $5 for children 8 to 18; the theater is open daily from 8am to 6pm (Thurs-Sat until 7pm).
Tombstone has long been a tourist town, and its streets are lined with souvenir shops selling wind chimes, Beanie Babies, and other less-than-wild souvenirs.
www.frommers.com /destinations/tombstone/1953010029.html   (1059 words)

  
 Tombstone, Arizona - DesertUSA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tombstone is located in Cochise County of southeast Arizona, 70 miles southeast of Tucson, 20 miles east of the San Pedro River and 15 miles southwest of the Dragoon Mountains.
Tombstone is world renowned for its mining history and the "Gunfight at the OK Corral" in 1881, between the Earp brothers -- Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil -- and the Clantons, Frank and Tom McLowery.
Tombstone's survived of the Great Depression and two devastating fires, along with the flooding of the mines through the restoration of its many historic buildings and through the daily tourism that make Tombstone known as "The Town Too Tough To Die.".
www.desertusa.com /Cities/az/tomb.html   (754 words)

  
 American West Travelogue - Tombstone, Arizona, The Town Too Tough to Die
Tombstone, Arizona, is the most historic town of the Old West, where Wyatt Earp and the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral became the west's most famous legend.
Masterson was a close friend of Wyatt and spent much time in Tombstone before returning to Kansas in 1882.
He was therefore able to tell his version of events in Tombstone without being contradicted.
www.amwest-travel.com /awt_tombstone1.html   (822 words)

  
 SpiderFan.org - Characters : Tombstone
Weapons: Most of Tombstone's hits were apparently done with his bare hands, although it's safe to assume he kept up the latest in mob weaponry.
Tombstone arranged to have Robbie put in his own cell block, where he made live miserable for Robertson, and even tortured a friend of his, Bruiser, to death.
Tombstone latter showed up facing off against Spider-Man's friend Darkhawk, and was one of a number of big-name super-villains that the Scarlet Spider fought against.
www.spiderfan.org /characters/tombstone.html   (601 words)

  
 Welcome to the City of Tombstone!
Thus, in 1877 Schieffelin named his first claim the Tombstone, and rumors of rich strikes made a boomtown of the settlement that adopted this name.
The citizenry of Tombstone decided rather than depending on a vanishing mining industry, they would focus their time and energy on tourism and restoration.
The City of Tombstone cannot and will not be held responsible for the content on any of these outside sources.
www.cityoftombstone.com   (627 words)

  
 Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park, Arizona (DesertUSA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tombstone, Arizona, often called "The Town Too Tough to Die," is the most famous of Arizona's old mining camps.
The Tombstone Courthouse was built in 1882 after Cochise County split off from Pima County in 1881.
Tombstone was chosen as the county seat because it was the largest town in the county with a population of 8-10,000 people.
www.desertusa.com /mag98/april/poi/tomb.html   (418 words)

  
 Tombstone on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Chief of Tombstone, Ariz., amusement park hopes to ignite passion for wild west.
Chris Simcox, owner and publisher of the Tombstone Tumbleweed newspaper in Tombstone, Arizona, wants the U. government to seal the border with Mexico.
Tombstone Explorations Co. Ltd.- Echo Bay granted option on Minoro Project.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/t/tombston.asp   (575 words)

  
 Scarefest 2004 .::. Tombstone Haunted Ghost Town   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
All aboard...Climb onto the Tombstone Express and prepare for the ride of your life as the souls of the living are transported to the souls of the dead.
Tombstone was an all new attraction last year, and now we've gone all out to make Tombstone the most realistic haunting experience in Saint Louis history.
Come to Tombstone and board a real train where the evil train conductor is waiting to take the souls of the living to join the souls of the dead.
www.scarefest.com /tombstone04   (476 words)

  
 Tombstone Arizona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tombstone is the perfect place to stay and learn about the old west.
Tombstone began a mining town and has grown to a popular old west town full of history.
Tombstone is "The Town Too Tough To Die." Today Tombstone has a population of 1,500.
www.arizonan.com /Tombstone   (495 words)

  
 Tombstone Times - Tombstone Arizona Facts, Stories and Information Paper
And mixed in their minds are memories of a hometown as well as a place that has drawn visitors from all over the world.
Tombstone Arizona has been titled "The Town Too Tough To Die" and for good reason as many things have worked against this town still standing.
Tombstone Union High School had been built where once cribs of prostitution occupied the east end of Allen Street.
tombstonetimes.com /tootough.html   (1273 words)

  
 Tombstone News
While 300 students wait to occupy Tombstone's first new high school in 80 year, district leaders and the state are arguing about who should pay to build the road that leads to it.
The Tombstone Yellow Jackets football team, was trounced 64-31 in Friday's non-league game with the host Ray Bearcats The Bearcats will now prepare for their game against Valley Christian.
TOMBSTONE, Ariz.), A central Illinois businessman was killed with a man from Arizona in the crash of an experimental ultralight plane here, authorities said.
www.topix.net /city/tombstone-az   (754 words)

  
 THE TOMBSTONE HOPPER HOMEPAGE
The sources of this book which were researched were tombstones, newspapers, plus old and new cemetery burial records.
The history of the cemeteries includes the name of the previous owner of the land on which the cemetery was established, the date he had purchased it, and who owned it prior to that time.
This is all "new" material, does not contain data from "Tombstone Hoppin", volumes 1 or 2.
www.tombstonehopper.com   (492 words)

  
 Halloween Online Magazine - The Official Magazine of Halloween - Costumes
Our tombstones are made from sheets of foam insulation available from most hardware stores for about $10.00 per 8'x4'x2" sheet.
This highly detailed tombstone is made from hard foam and measures a full 26" tall and 14" across.
Also, if you will be using the tombstones outdoors for an extended period of time or during bad weather, you will want to weather-proof the tombstones by adding a final coat of clear, non-gloss sealant.
www.halloweenonlinemagazine.com /sfx/tombstone1-1.html   (1444 words)

  
 TOMBSTONE, Arizona
The City of Tombstone was built on a flat mesa, surrounded by the Whetstone, Mule, Burro, Huachuca, and Dragoon Mountains.
Tombstone, the largest, was near the Toughnut Mine; Richmond was one and a quarter mile southwest, and Charleston and Contention were on the San Pedro River, eight miles away.
He found his Tombstone, just as the soldiers had predicted, and he will sleep in the shadow of it for all eternity.
www.americanwest.com /pages/tombston.htm   (2809 words)

  
 Tombstone Boarding House Bed and Breakfast - Tombstone, Arizona - Welcome Page
Each of the guestrooms are furnished with antiques and collectibles creating the ambiance of Tombstone's infamous 1880's.
The Tombstone Boarding House consists of two 1880 adobe houses surrounded by an 1880 style picket fence.
In a 19th Century Photo, the south wall of the building was covered by the Tombstone Rose.
www.tombstoneboardinghouse.com   (280 words)

  
 Tombstone Times - Tombstone's "Good News" paper. Tombstone Arizona Facts, Stories and Information.
Tombstone has a new Historic and Informative Journal that celebrates the history and heritage of Tombstone Arizona, Cochise County and the entire southwest.
Then there are our Day Trips from Tombstone that tell you about the wonderful sights and experiences we have here in Southeast Arizona, and our Tombstone Profiles that inform you of people and businesses that make a difference here in our Town.
Tombstone Tourist Tips offer bits of advice to our Historic Western Town's visitors and our original comic strip "Smith and Watson" presents you with a slightly twisted look at the Old West.
www.tombstonetimes.com   (164 words)

  
 Tombstone, Arizona - brought to you by LASR - Leisure And Sport Review
Sponsored by Tombstone Office of Tourism, the celebration features a fireman's fun muster, with fire departments from around the area, including Tucson, taking part in horse cart races, barrel squirts and other fire fighting activities of the 1880s.
Partnering with the Friends of the Courthouse and Tombstone Unified School District #1, the show will be gated, beginning with arrivals to the football field at the Tombstone Union High School on Friday.
The celebration, sponsored by the Tombstone Chamber of Commerce, features a fashion show by the Tombstone Vigilante's, a picnic basket raffle, a parade and an appearance by the Rose Queen.
www.lasr.net /pages/city.php?City_ID=AZ0402024&VE=Y   (804 words)

  
 Tombstone Epitaphs' -- fun for Senior Citizens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This is on a tombstone in the old Irwin Cemetary near the old gold & silver mining camp of Irwin, near Crested Butte, Colorado, and is quite famous.
The exact epitaph is on a stone in the cemetary at Como, Colorado, in Park County off of highway 285 in South Park.
The original story was that someone found this on a tombstone buried deep in the grass.
www.seniors-site.com /funstuff/epitaphs.html   (995 words)

  
 How to Read a Hebrew Tombstone
Jewish tombstones with Hebrew inscriptions have an added value to genealogists, in that they not only show the date of death and sometimes the age or date of birth, but they also include the given name of the deceased's father.
If any Hebrew characters at all are written on a tombstone, they are most likely to be the person's Hebrew name.
A candle or candelabra often is used on the tombstone of a woman; and the six-pointed Star of David on that of a man. A tombstone with the motif of a broken branch or tree stump often signifies someone who died young.
www.jewishgen.org /infofiles/tombstones.html   (1084 words)

  
 Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park
Friends warned him that all he would ever find would be his own tombstone.
When water began to seep into the shafts, pumps were installed, but the mines were soon flooded to the 600-foot level and could not be worked.
By 1886, Tombstone's heyday was over, but not before $37,000,000 worth of silver had been taken from the mines.
www.pr.state.az.us /Parks/parkhtml/tombstone.html   (580 words)

  
 Tombstone Sky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Tombstone is located in Cochise County, which is in the southeast corner of Arizona.
The stargazing section has starmaps for Tombstone Arizona AZ night sky stargazing viewing, and some astronomy photos.
The chess section for this Tombstone Arizona AZ website has some chess software, chess shareware and chess freeware.
www.tombstonesky.com   (174 words)

  
 Helldorado Days - Tombstone Arizona   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In July 1881, a disgruntled miner writes the Tombstone Nugget newspaper stating that instead of finding their "Eldorado" of riches, many men ended up washing dishes or other menial jobs, finding instead, their "Helldorado".
Tombstone is the most famous and most infamous mining town in America.
Ed Schieffelin was told he would only find his tombstone in the land of the Apache in the San Pedro Valley.
www.helldoradodays.com   (1388 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: DVD: Tombstone (Widescreen)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He soon meets up with his brothers and their wives as they try to start a buisness as he tries to get away from his past as a sheriff.
"Tombstone" takes you back to 1881 when the Earp brothers stumble into Tomstone, AZ to settle down with their spouses.
On the heels of the slow, dragging Kevin Costner epic "Wyatt Earp", "Tombstone" is much faster paced and holds the viewers attention with drama, action and breathtaking scenery all the way to the tearjerking end.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005RHGL   (1252 words)

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