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Boothill Graveyard is a small graveyard of at least 250 interments located in Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona. [2] Also known as the "Old City Cemetery", the graveyard was used after 1883 only to bury outlaws and a few others. It had a separate Jewish cemetery, which is nearby. [3] "Boot Hill" refers to the number of men who died with their ...
The most notable use of the name "Boot Hill" is at the Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona. 31°43′11.6″N 110°04′13.6″W / 31.719889°N 110.070444°W / 31.719889; -110.070444 ( Boothill Graveyard ) Formerly called the "Tombstone Cemetery", the plot features the graves of Billy Clanton , Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury ...
Boot Hill Graveyard – The graveyard was established in 1878 as the Tombstone Cemetery and is located at 408 Arizona State Route 80. [ 33 ] The graves of Billy Clanton , Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury members of the Cochise County Cowboys who died in the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury, and Billy Clanton, killed in the O.K. Corral shootout, are among those buried in the town's Boothill Graveyard. Of the number of pioneer Boot Hill cemeteries in the Old West, so named because most of those buried in them had "died with their boots on", Boothill in Tombstone is one of the best-known. [25]
Tombstone. Boothill Graveyard, Tombstone [24] [36] Boothill Cemetery Jewish Section [37] [21] Brunckow's Cabin (Ghost town) [10]: 107 near Tombstone – scene of 1860's–1890's shootouts and where victims were buried; Double C Family Cemetery; Hughes Ranch Cemetery; Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate Cemetery [38] Tombstone City Cemetery [39]
The grave marker for John Heath at the Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona. Dr. George E. Goodfellow, who had witnessed Heath's hanging, was County Coroner and responsible for determining the cause of death. His conclusion reflected the popular sentiment of the town.
A remarkable photograph of an American bald eagle perched atop of a veteran's gravestone went viral on Memorial Day, and reminded the nation the true reason for the national holiday.Sunday evening ...
After the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral a year later and the murder of Morgan Earp in March 1882, Wyatt Earp pursued and killed Brocius in a gunfight in the countryside outside Tombstone. [4] White was buried in what is now known as Boot Hill cemetery (i.e., the old city cemetery), in Tombstone. [7]