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The West's wildest mining town owes its beginning to Ed Schieffelin, who prospected the nearby hills in 1877. Friends warned him all he would find would be his own tombstone, instead he found silver. Miners soon built a shantytown. Remembering the prophecy given to Schieffelin, they changed the name to Tombstone.
In 1881 the population reached 10,000, and the Earp and Clanton feud culminated in the famous gunfight near the OK Corral. The Courthouse features exhibits and thousands of artifacts which tell of Tombstone's colorful past.
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Rated 3.07/5 (61.36%) (44 Votes)
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