March 28, 1884
Dan Dowd
Dan Kelly
Red Sample
James Howard
William Delaney
November 16, 1900
William Halderman
Thomas Halderman
This gallows is a reconstruction. The original was burned in 1912 at the time . . . — — Map (db m249785) HM
This 1881 double adobe was the site of Garet & Page's Wagon Shop. To your left was the charcoal yard. Charcoal was a primary source of heat for both forges and homes in the early 1880's. This block was part of "Hop Town", the heart of Tombstone's . . . — — Map (db m249782) HM
Born in Saginaw, Mich., in 1860, English, a law graduate, moved to Tombstone in 1880. He first worked as a miner, then became a partner in Smith & Goodrich law firm. He also served 3 terms as Cochise County District Attorney.
English's . . . — — Map (db m131100) HM
This structure has been
recorded by the
Historic American
Buildings Survey
of the United States Department
of the Interior for its
archives at the Library of Congress. — — Map (db m48526) HM
The Bird Cage Theatre was built in 1881 by Billy and Lottie Hutchinson on the site of the killing of Marshal Fred White. After the fire of 1881, it became the only other theatre in Tombstone except Schieffelin Hall. It quickly became a first class . . . — — Map (db m249816) HM
Tombstone, Arizona dates to 1877, when prospector Ed Schieffelin discovered silver and named his first mine Tombstone. By 1879, a town had sprung up in a relatively flat area nearby. Gunslingers, gamblers, prospectors, Chinese laborers, and fancy . . . — — Map (db m220542) HM
This Tombstone Cemetery gives mute testimony to the hardships of Western frontier life. The people buried here were housewives, painted ladies, outlaws, gamblers, miners, business men and women, blacksmiths, cowboys and those "who died with their . . . — — Map (db m27926) HM
In 1879, Charles Brown opened the Mohave Hotel and one of the first "hash houses" in a tent on this corner. By 1880 he erected a two story adobe building with what was now called the Brown Hotel on the second floor. He had a kitchen large enough to . . . — — Map (db m249813) HM
"Buckskin" Frank Leslie killed Billy Claiborne here on November 14th, 1882.
Luke Short killed Charlie Storms here on February 25th, 1881. — — Map (db m269189) HM
Bob Hatch and John Campbell opened a billiard parlor in 1880. Bob Hatch was a colorful character and an amateur thespian. It was said he kept a jar of frogs on the counter as their croaking helped him predict the weather. He followed the Earps to . . . — — Map (db m48516) HM
The Can Can Restaurant was established in 1879 by Quong Kee. It was one of Tombstone's best known restaurants. In 1886 it was purchased by John Henninger who turned it into a first class eating establishment. It had a number of proprietors until . . . — — Map (db m48513) HM
The first business in Tombstone was opened on this corner by J.B. Allen. In 1879 it was purchased by Phillip Smith who opened the Pioneer Store and an agency of the Pima County Bank within the store. When Cochise County was established, Smith . . . — — Map (db m48514) HM
In 1882, construction began on the Cochise County Courthouse. A kiln was constructed and brick makers were hired to make brick to construct the new courthouse. The cornerstone was laid on August 11, 1882 and the beautiful Victorian Building was . . . — — Map (db m249809) HM
Johnny Ringo was a proud member of the Cowboy gang and a business partner of their outlaw leader, Ike Clanton. In March 1882, five months after the Gunfight
at the O.K. Corral, Wyatt Earp's younger brother Morgan was murdered in Tombstone and . . . — — Map (db m269185) HM
Prospector and miner, whose discoveries of silver in 1877 and 1878 at the Tombstone, Lucky Cuss, Goodenough, Toughnut and Contention mining claims led to the founding of the City of Tombstone.
This statue, created by sculptor Tim Trask of St. . . . — — Map (db m249810) HM
The son of a miner, Ed learned everything about prospecting from his father, except how to strike it rich! For twenty years, Ed prospected the west. He tried the "regular life," but after 18 months remarked: "No better off than I was prospecting, . . . — — Map (db m27933) HM
In September of 1880 a new adobe structure, the Grand Hotel, opened for business. It boasted all the luxury and comfort that 1880 had to offer. It displayed Brussels carpets, a black walnut baluster, walnut furniture and rare oil paintings. John . . . — — Map (db m48515) HM
These Cowboys were killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Shot in the head, Frank McLaury died instantly on the Fremont Street sidewalk. Wounded, Tom
McLaury and Billy Clanton were carried into this building.
Tom died in minutes, hit by a . . . — — Map (db m269184) HM
The attorney for the Earps' at their 2nd trial after the O.K. Corral gunfight. He wrote 3/4 of the Arizona State Constitution.
2nd Plaque
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States . . . — — Map (db m249868) HM
In 1879 there were 11 people in Tombstone of Chinese descent. By 1882 there were 250. The area between 2nd and 3rd and Allen and Toughnut was the area where they lived and had businesses, commonly called "Hoptown". The Chinese ran laundries, . . . — — Map (db m131096) HM
This building was built ca 1900 for lawyer's offices, and was converted to apartments when the county seat was moved to Bisbee in 1929. — — Map (db m249784) HM
This control panel was used for the pressure lines.
The mined ore is usually crushed into small chunks and heaped on an impermeable plastic or clay lined leach pad where it can be irrigated with a leach solution to dissolve the valuable metals. The . . . — — Map (db m249731) HM
M. Calisher was a California company that opened a store in Tombstone in 1879. They sold general merchandise as well as lumber. Eighteen year old David Calisher managed the store. He was a member of a grand jury that indicted William Claiborne for a . . . — — Map (db m48528) HM
At 1:00 p.m. on April 21st, 1907, the "Million Dollar Stope" was created when the Good Enough Stope caved in dropping a horse and wagon 75' into a gaping hole. The driver had climbed down to see why his horse had stumbled only to find himself . . . — — Map (db m131088) HM
Tombstone was a mining town. Everything that happened here happened because of the lure of the silver and gold found by Ed Schieffelin in the hills of Tombstone in 1877. And so they came, the prospectors, laborers, miners, lawmen, “shady . . . — — Map (db m131095) HM
The Oriental Saloon was opened in 1880 by Milton Joyce with the gaming concessions run by Lou Rickenbaugh. The Epitaph News described it as "the most elegantly furnished saloon this side of the Golden Gate". Wyatt Earp bought a share of the gaming . . . — — Map (db m48524) HM
On December 28th of 1881 while crossing 5th St., Virgil Earp was ambushed and shot. Would be assassins hidden in a new building under construction opened fire with shotguns. Virgil was severely wounded. He survived, but lost the use of his left arm. . . . — — Map (db m48517) HM
The picture of the "World's Largest Rose Bush", that has been given you, was taken during the blooming in the month of April. The rose is a white Lady Banksia and the root was sent from Scotland in 1885. The bush was planted to climb over the . . . — — Map (db m293656) HM
In 1934, Robert Ripley
declares the Rose Bush
the World's Largest in the
Newspaper column
"Believe it or Not".
The fire of May 26th, 1882, destroyed the dwellings located here. In 1885, Mrs. Amelia Adamson built the Cochise House . . . — — Map (db m125645) HM
Sal Anderson and Jacob Smith opened Russ House in December of 1880 as a boarding house and hotel. It was adobe with a broad veranda in view of the mines. It featured spring mattresses and one of the largest dining rooms in Tombstone. Russ House is . . . — — Map (db m249779) HM
In 1881, Nellie Cashman aided in building an adobe structure which served as a combination church and rectory; the first Pastor was Father Emmanuel P. Schneider. Another church was built in 1882 and Bishop John B. Salpointe dedicated it in 1883. The . . . — — Map (db m27916) HM
The First Protestant Church in Arizona Territory under the direction of Endicott Peabody who conducted the first services in this building on June 18, 1882.
The structure is of hand formed adobe brick, stuccoed in 1970 to protect the adobe. The . . . — — Map (db m27920) HM
Upon its completion on June 8, 1881 it became the largest, most elaborate theatre between El Paso, Texas and San Francisco, California.
Albert Schieffelin and William Harwood conceived and constructed a "first class opera house" for the citizens . . . — — Map (db m195859) HM
The railroad reached Tucson in March of 1880. Richard Grid had a railroad spike crafted of solid silver from the Toughnut Mine. It was presented to the President of the Southern Pacific Railroad as an inducement to bring a railroad spur to . . . — — Map (db m53401) HM
In 1877 prospector Ed Schieffelin searched for silver in Apache land. He was told he would only find his own tombstone. Schieffelin ignored the advice. The result was a strike worth at least forty million dollars.
This brought not only miners . . . — — Map (db m48507) HM
Architect Frank Walker designed this building in Victorian style adapted to Western Territorial. It is constructed of fired red brick. It has been in continuous service since 1882 for Mayors, Marshals and official city offices. In the 1880s it . . . — — Map (db m27918) HM
The devastating fires of 1881 and 1882 brought major changes to the Tombstone Fire Department. A new fire station was completed in 1881, a new Rescue Hook and Ladder Co. was formed, and a new water source was obtained. Thirty six miles of fifteen . . . — — Map (db m53403) HM
The four ore cars you see before you were left in place by miners when the Tombstone Consolidated Mines closed in 1904 these relics remained undiscovered for over a century until members of the Tombstone Mine Recovery and Preservation Team unearthed . . . — — Map (db m249718) HM
Buried here are the remains of Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury, Billy Clanton - killed in Earp Clanton battle Oct 26, 1881.
Dan Dowd, Red Sample, Bill DeLancy, Dan Kelly: Tex Howard hanged legally by Sheriff Ward for Bisbee massacre Mar 1884, John . . . — — Map (db m100173) HM
Wells Fargo had several locations in Tombstone. They were the major carrier of mail, bullion and payroll in the early years. While they hired agents and shotgun messengers, they contracted with local stage coach lines to carry express cargo. . . . — — Map (db m249815) HM
In 1877 Ed Schieffelin searched the San Pedro hills for silver. Soldiers at Fort Huachuca warned the prospector that he would only find his tombstone since this land was patrolled by the Apache warrior Geronimo. But Ed found silver, and jokingly . . . — — Map (db m269186) HM
