"The Tombstone Cemetery" was laid out as a burial plot in 1878 and used until around 1884. Because of the many violent deaths of the early days, the cemetery became known as Boothill Graveyard.
Buried here are outlaws with their victims, suicides and hangings, legal and otherwise, along with the hardy citizens and refined element of Tombstone's early days.
Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury, and Frank McLaury part of the 1881 O.K. Corral battle, which took place between the Earp Brothers, with "Doc" Holliday and the cowboys. Three men were killed and three were wounded.
Years of research and hard work by interested citizens of Tombstone have helped to preserve the main art of the cemetery. The stories of those buried here have been checked with available resources to compile an accurate history.
One of the Tombstone tour trolleys.....
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