Tombestone

What a motto for town! However, it is also an extremely apt motto as it sums up Tombstone completely. Everyone has heard of Tombstone as the old Wild West town but did you know that it is still there and still thriving supported by thousands of tourists? I'll give you a little bit of the background to Tombstone but only a little, as this isn't a history lesson! Tombstone was founded in 1877 by a gold prospector called Ed Schieffelin who actually struck it rich surprisingly! The town quickly became a rowdy silver mining town with its fair share of saloons, gambling halls and bordellos. By 1881 the town had a population of 10, 000 and it was the ...  Read the complete review

The late 1800's was a difficult time in the American West , outlaws prevailed , gunfights the norm. We've all heard of the Gunfight at the OK Coral but dare we inagine it was real - I can assure you it was. I've seen it - well I've seen a reconstruction of it , fought out daily in Tombestone Arizona (where it actually happened). About 60 miles south east of Tucson you arive in a classic cowboy town , a few short streets of wooden buildings - tacky I here you say. Could easily have been so but actually no. Just outside of the town is Boothill Cemetary where all the famour named Outlaws are buried. Western Shops ...  Read the complete review