There was a lot of interesting history in the 10 years of the boom of Tombstone. It was considered the most bloodiest town in the USA. In the intersection of 5th and Allen there were 75 gunfights. We all know the history of Wyatt Earp and his brothers and Wyatt's house still stands (there is a picture of it on this post). There is no record of the other brothers owning a house. The main street of town is a mall for shopping (typical tourist stuff) with a few historic buildings. One of the old saloons is now a very exciting place to buy tee shirts, ball caps and junk. But I was suprised that durning the its hayday Tombstone had 195 bars on the main street and 3000 prostitutes worked the town of 10,000 men. Another town built on the backs of the working woman. We are going to go back again, we didn't get to the court house and a couple other things. We are 23 miles north of Tombstone so its a short drive.
There was a lot of interesting history in the 10 years of the boom of Tombstone. It was considered the most bloodiest town in the USA. In the intersection of 5th and Allen there were 75 gunfights. We all know the history of Wyatt Earp and his brothers and Wyatt's house still stands (there is a picture of it on this post). There is no record of the other brothers owning a house. The main street of town is a mall for shopping (typical tourist stuff) with a few historic buildings. One of the old saloons is now a very exciting place to buy tee shirts, ball caps and junk. But I was suprised that durning the its hayday Tombstone had 195 bars on the main street and 3000 prostitutes worked the town of 10,000 men. Another town built on the backs of the working woman. We are going to go back again, we didn't get to the court house and a couple other things. We are 23 miles north of Tombstone so its a short drive.
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