Tombstone Tourist Guide

05/21/2024

12/06/2023

There’s Always Something To Do and See in and Around Tombstone! It’s the Perfect Place to Stay and Play in Cochise County. “The Town too Tough to Die,” Tombstone was perhaps the most renowned of Arizona’s old mining camps. Many of Tombstone’s historic buildings are within an area bounded...

12/01/2023

Happy First Friday in December - or here in Tombstone AZ it is Tombstone Ho, Ho, Ho, Holiday Shop & Stroll! This is a neat opportunity to come and stroll the board walks and many of our businesses will be open late for your Shopping & Strolling pleasure. There is something magical about Tombstone AZ, and this town - as one of our followers said recently in a comment - "Tombstone AZ has to be experienced, not just visited." So come experience all that Tombstone AZ has to offer!

11/26/2023

Tombstone Cowboy Stompin’ Grounds was also added to the POTA (Parks On The Air) map!

11/26/2023

Exciting news for Amateur Radio operators and the PARKS ON THE AIR Program!! - Activate from Tombstone or “chase” from home!

11/26/2023

08/27/2023

Going to be a BUSY weekend (Labor Day) here in Tombstone. It is Showdown in Tombstone! Labor Day Weekend!Showdown in Tombstone Labor Day Weekend -put on by the dedicated and amazing group of volunteers from The Tombstone Vigilantes.
It will be a great week to come and explore all the Tombstone AZ has to offer. Be patient with all of our Tombstone AZ businesses - event weekends are busy.

02/11/2023

John Henry "Doc" Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887) was an American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist, and a good friend of Wyatt Earp. He is best ...

12/19/2022

Click on Ike Clanton’s page to find out the name of the first restaurant in Tombstone!

TRIVIA HINT - For years I have worn a neckerchief slide in honor of the first restaurant in the Tombstone area, opened by Joseph Isaac “Ike” Clanton in 1878, a year before the townsite of Tombstone was founded. Great job Pamela Fuller Potter, you were first to come up with the answer to the trivia question, name of Ike’s restaurant?

12/11/2022

From the Johnny Cash album "Sings the Ballads of the True West"

11/17/2022

CITY OF TOMBSTONE GRANTS DEAD MAN’S WISH

Before this history is lost forever, I want to share a story about Glenn Will, born in 1871, died in 1953, and put to rest in Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona.

Oddly enough, Glenn Will never lived in Tombstone. In fact, Glenn had never even visited Tombstone, but always wanted to. When Glenn Will passed in 1953, his son sent his ashes COD to the city of Tombstone. The city paid $1.92 to accept the package. Shorty after Glenn’s ashes arrived, he got his wish and was buried in Boothill Graveyard.

Today’s pamphlet that the graveyard sells when folks visit Boothill, no longer includes Glenn Will’s story, so I thought I’d pass it along before it’s lost. See a complete list of people buried in Boothill online at http://BoothillGraveyard.com

08/31/2022

🤠 Labor Day weekend it’s “SHOWDOWN” in Tombstone, Arizona. A fun weekend will be had by all. Don’t forget to pack your red sash and join cowboy leader Ike Clanton in town this weekend. Meet and greet at Ike Clanton’s Haunted Hotel walk-through attraction featuring “Tombstone Ghosts and Legends Tour” 👻 Allen Street, across from Big Nose Kate’s Saloon.

08/08/2022

THIS WEEKEND!

05/23/2022

Wyatt Earp Days this weekend (May 27-30) in Tombstone Arizona. Fun from both sides of the corral. To add more to your experience, dress as Wyatt Earp or the notorious Tombstone Cowboy’s and be sure to WEAR your Red Sash!

05/10/2022

May 28-30 Memorial Day Weekend “Wyatt Earp Days” in Tombstone will be a hoot no matter what side of the corral you’re on! Earp look-a-likes and red sashes will be everywhere!

04/17/2022

Are there still Wild West towns in America? See our list of the most popular Wild West towns in USA which have the cowboy spirit.

03/16/2022

03/12/2022

Spring Break 2022

03/09/2022

— Just watched the ISS (International Space Station) flyover over Tombstone at 17,150 mph. Not a cloud in the sky and super clear view! It will flyover twice tomorrow morning. First at 4:30am and again at 6:06am. The app I’m using is Satellite Tracker for iPhone. Download it and watch the ISS flyover your neck of the world!

01/08/2022

If you could sit down with ANYONE (past or present) and enjoy a cigar, who would that be?

11/07/2021

10/26/2021

140 years ago at this very moment, 30 shots rang out in a vacant lot behind the OK Corral and these three men were hurled into eternity, murdered in the streets of Tombstone by City Marshal Virgil Earp, deputies Wyatt Earp and Morgan Earp along with their gambling drunk friend, Doc Holliday. Dead were 19 year old Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury and Frank McLaury.

The Earp brothers and Doc Holliday were charged with murder but never faced a jury trial, instead an inquest was held by a judge who was an Earp family friend and the case was dropped.

Still very controversial 140 years later, this famous and deadly gunfight is what keeps Tombstone alive with tourism today.

Ike Clanton’s Haunted Hotel “Tombstone Ghosts and Legends Tour” walk-through attraction now features a display of the famous all-night poker game in the actual room where the argument began, with narration by Terry Ike Clanton. Don’t miss the cow-boys side of the story when you visit Tombstone!

10/26/2021

08/14/2021

Doc Holli-Days this weekend in Tombstone! Don’t miss it!