Tagged With "Wyatt Earp"

Ah great memories Dr. F! We had the pleasure of strolling round Boot Hill and then shaking hands with both Doc Holiday and Wyatt Earp themselves! (Well, they were the real one's weren't they?). The tomb stones, or grave markers, in Boot Hill make great reading. Quite a number referring to folks being "legally hanged" (did that make any difference to the end result?). I particularly liked the tomb 'stone' (board) saying: "Here lies George Johnson, hanged by mistake 1882. He was right, we was...

I never did shake hands with Doc Holiday or Wyatt Earp, Mac, and since Doc Holiday probably died of "consumption" (tuberculosis), hope you were wearing a mask and washed your hands after you did. Good point about Bisbee -- a great small historic town with a grand old hotel, the Copper Queen . The scale of the open pit mine is hard to fathom, but worth a look. If you're staying in Tucson, both Tombstone and Bisbee can be combined into a day trip from there.

Tombstone, Arizona has a very colorful past, rich in the facts and mythology of America's Wild West.  It was in this town that Sheriff Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and Doc Holiday engaged in the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" wherein these "lawmen"...

Goldfield is an old gold-mining town, largely abandoned, but with some of its history on display.

DrFumblefinger visits the site of the famous gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone.