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Tombstone

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Introduction

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Tombstone is a town in the southwest of Arizona and the sight of the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral, between Wyatt Earp and his brothers and Doc Holiday and a gang made up of the Clanton and McLaury brothers. The fight itself lasted only 30 seconds, but grew into a legendary fight on the silver screen, mainly due to the film from 1957, which starred Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holiday. The town of Tombstone has about 1,500 inhabitants and makes for a great adventurous day to visit.

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Sights and Activities

O.K. Corral

The site of the O.K. Corral at Fremont Street now houses a museum and also stages a daily reenactment of the fight that took place on Wednesday October 26, 1881 at 3:00pm.

Boot Hill

Also featured in the film was the Boot Hill Graveyard, which lies to the Northwest of the town. Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury, and Billy Clanton who were killed during the fight, are burried here. After 1883, when a new cementary was built no new burials took place at Boot Hill, and it fell in disrepair but was restored in the 1940's.

Allen Street

Allen Street was one of the most notorious streets in the Wild West, and still stands more or less how it stood 140 years ago.

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Events and Festivals

The Tombstone Western Music Festival takes place at the beginning November.

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Getting There

By Plane

The nearest airport is in Tucson, which has domestic flights to most of the big cities in the USA. Further away, Phoenix offers more domestic and some international flights.

By Train

There is no trainstation in Tombstone, but Benson, 40 minutes to the north, has an Amtrak station.

By Car

Tombstone is located along highway 80 between, about halfway between Bisbee, another Wild West highlight, and Benson which is located on Interstate 10, the main road through southern Arizona. Benson is about 40 minutes away and from there it's another hour or so to Tucson.

By Bus

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Getting Around

By Car

There is plenty of parking space in Tombstone and the typical grid pattern makes it easy to navigate.

By Public Transport

By Foot

Tombstone is small and unless you are staying on the outskirts of town, everything is accessible on foot.

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Best Western Lookout Lodge - on the outskirts of town, with, indeed, beautiful views over the desert and mountains near Tombstone.

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

Post

The US Postal Service is very good and well priced mail system. There are post offices in every small and large town for sending packages internationally or domestically. If wanting to send a letter or postcard it is best just to leave it in a blue mail box with the proper postage. There are also private postal services like FedEx, UPS and DHL.

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