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Tombstone is a small town in the southeast corner of Arizona close to the Mexican and New Mexico border. It only has a population of just over 1500 people today but at its height in 1883, Tombstone's population was as high as 15,000 people. Tombstone would of been like any other unknown small town of the time but a 30 second gunfight put Tombstone and the legend of the O.K. Corral on the map.

Tombstone was founded by a prospector named Ed Shieffelin who discovered a vein of silver in the summer of 1877. He at first wasn't believed and was told the only thing he's going to find was his Tombstone and the name stuck. Soon other miners came pouring into town and at one time Tombstone was the biggest town west of the Mississipi. Tombstone also had more gambling houses, saloons and houses of prostitution then any other place in the west.

Tombstone had a recently passed city ordinance against anyone carrying a firearm in town. Five members of that gang, Ike Clanton, Billy Clanton, Billy Clairborne, Tom Mclaury and Frank Mclaury who had numerous run-ins with the law were seen in town all carrying guns. Marshal Virgil Earp and his brothers Wyatt and Morgan joined by Doc Holliday confronted the Cowboy gang at the O.K. Corral and in the attempt to disarm the gang, a shootout ensued leaving three of the Cowboy gang dead and the three Earp brothers slightly wounded.

By the mid 1880's the mines had been tapped out and Tombstone quickly declined. The legend of the Earp brothers and the fight at the O.K. Corral continued to live on.

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SHOW DOWN AT THE *OK CORRAL*
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Nov 06, 2008 – Nov 09, 2008
ARE WE IN THE WILD WILD WEST?!?!?! OMG my allergies. There was dust everywhere. I was dying. We walk around until it was lunch time. We all met up with the rest of the group. Some of the group went on a stage coach ride while me and the others walked around Tombstone.  I have be sitting f…
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Stepping back in time.
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Apr 10, 2008 – May 16, 2008
We took a little side trip south to Tombstone, AZ to the town where the OK Corral was made famous.  Early in American history this was one of the biggest cities west on the Mississippi.  And it was here that the Earps and the Clantons had their famous gunfight.  We spent about an hou…
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Im Your Huckleberry.....Welcome to Tombstone, AZ
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Nov 06, 2008 – Nov 09, 2008
Finally! We arrived in Tombstone and it was time to check out this historic town.  I had seen the 1993 movie, Tombstone, and didn't quite fall in love with it as many of my quirky co-workers did but nevertheless, I was interested in the history.  Tombstone was founded in 1877 by a prospec…
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