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Tombstone, in County, is TOMBSTONE IS EASY TO FIND probably the most famous and most 7 — BED & BREAKFASTS \\ ONLY 60 MILES FROM glamorized mining town in America. TUCSON TO TOMBSTONE Prospector Ed Schieffeiin was told he 7 — HOTELS, MOTELS would only find his tombstone in the WILLCOX IVMBSTONE 4 — R.V. PARKS "-infested" San Pedro Valley. BENSON Thus he named his first silver claim 18 — RESTAURANTS "The Town Too Tough Tombstone, and it became the name of 7 — SALOONS the town. On a mesa between the To Die" Dragoon and Huachuca Mountains at 5 — RE-ENACTMENT TOMBSTONE an elevation of 4,540 feet. Tombstone GROUPS-1880 BISBEE incorporated in 1881. GUNFIGHT SHOWS SIERRA VISTA DAILY NOGALES MEXICO DOUGLAS While the area later became notorious for saloons, gambling houses and the 1 — REPERTORY The Trails to Tombstone Earp-Clanton shoot-out, in the 1880's COMPANY Tombstone was larger than Tucson and 2 — STAGE COACH IN JUST AN HOUR FROM had become the most cultivated city in COMPANIES-RIDES TUCSON YOU CAN TRAVEL the West. Massive underground water DAILY in the mines and falling silver prices BACK TO THE 1880'S. ended the boom in 1886. Having sur 10 — MUSEUMS vived the Great Depression and 3 — GOLF COURSES Tombstone Visitor & removal of the County Seat to Bisbee, WITHIN 16 MILES Information Center Tombstone in the 1930's became P.O. Box 280 known as the "Town Too Tough To Die." HIKING, BIKING, Tombstone, Arizona 85638 BIRDING, CAMPING Tel:(520) 457-3929 Visit Our Web Site At: AND GUEST RANCHES wv/w.cityofto m bsto ne.com WITHIN THE AREA Tombstone Chamber of TOMBSTONE Scenic Attractions. Cochise Commerce — A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK — County, including Tombstone, is the site P.O. Box 995 The Southwest's Most Famous Frontier Town of a fascinating chapter in American Tombstone, Arizona 85638 Roughest Mining Camp of All Where Guns Blazed at the O.K. Corral history. In the early territorial days, the WEATHER Toil Free: 1-888-417-5588 Whose Citizens included, , Doc Holfiday, most feared and craftiest of all Indians Average Temperature CF) Average Total Tel: (520) 457-9317 Bat Masterson and The Clanton Gang. was Cochise, a Chiricahuo Apache. Month Daily Maximum Daily Minimum Precipitation (inches) Fax:(520) 457-2458 Land of Cochise and his Fierce Warriors. Today visitors can see the Chiricahua January 61.4 33.6 0.80 — See it as if Was — February 35.8 0.56 Just 60 Miles South of Tucson National Monument and the Cochise 64.8 Tombstone Office of Tourism March 68.9 38.9 0.60 — HIGHLIGHT OF A VISIT TO THE OLD WEST - Stronghold from which Indians could April 78.1 45.4 0.27 P.O. Box 917 spot any movement in the valley below. May 86.8 53.2 0.13 Tombstone, Arizona 85638 June 94.7 61.3 0.44 Toll Free: 1-800-457-3423 and the 1877 Calvary July 93.7 65.4 3.77 Post Museum illustrate this Indian and August 90.9 64.0 3.25 Fax:(520) 457-3189 The Town That Is A Museum... pioneer heritage. Traveling the Cochise September 89.1 60.5 1.22 October 81.4 61.5 0.62 The Museum That Is A Town! Trail provides insight into frontier life in November 70.7 40.9 0.36 December 62.6 35.1 0.75 iii Arizona. Year 78.6 48.8 12.77 9/96 • TOMBSTONE PRINTING 9 GRAPHICS - 920 / 497-2400