Town of Tombstone

Town of Tombstone is an Arizona historical marker in Cochise County.

Cochise County · On U. S. Highway 80 at the west end of town, corner of Allen Street and First, at turnoff to Schieffelin Monument. · location approximate

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TOMBSTONE The Town "Too Tough to Die" This fabulous boomtown of 1879-1889 sprang up after Ed Schieffelin, a soldier-prospector first discovered silver in the area. Over $80 million in silver was produced. In 1881 trouble between officers led by Wyatt Earp and the Clanton-McLowery cowboys resulted in the famous gunfight at O. K. Corral.

Named in the Arizona Department of Transportation's 1997 list of markers standing in its right of way. That 1997 list covers only state highway right of way, so it does not reach markers on city streets, on tribal land, or in state and national parks.

1958 text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people. The book proposed 100 markers for Arizona's highways and records 14 as cast when it went to press.

Arizona still marks its history under the same law: the State Historical Advisory Commission approves a marker, the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records certifies that its text is authentic and historically correct, and the Arizona Department of Transportation erects and maintains the markers on state highway right-of-way. Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records ↗

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Marker data: Historical Markers in Arizona, Vols. I-II (Arizona Development Board, 1958), text by Bert Fireman

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Tombstone City Hall240 ft

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