Tour of Tombstone, Tombstone, Arizona

Today was mostly a travel and blog day. Petey and I left Las Cruces and headed toward Tucson to stay with my Aunt Diane and Uncle Mike for a few days. On the way, we were greeted by signs such as 鈥淐aution, Dust Storms May Exist鈥� and 鈥淶ero Visibility Possible鈥�. I was thankful for a sunny day (and so was Zoe). She ran along this part of the highway a few days ago!

Before we reached Tucson, per my step-dad鈥檚 recommendation we took one detour to Tombstone toward the Mexico border. The best way to describe Tombstone鈥檚 history is to copy it straight from the City鈥檚 website:

鈥淭he Town too Tough to Die,鈥� Tombstone was perhaps the most renowned of Arizona鈥檚 old mining camps. When Ed Schieffelin (SHEF路e路lin)聽came to Camp Huachuca (hwah路CHEW路kuh) with a party of soldiers and left the fort to prospect, his comrades told him that he鈥檇 find his tombstone rather than silver. 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. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).

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Guide Name: Tour of Tombstone
Guide Location: USA » Tombstone
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Elizabeth Bankhead
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