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"Map of Arizona Railroads" (PDF). Railroads of Arizona (2002) Includes abandoned lines and historical lines surveys. Arizona Railway Museum; Robertson, Donald B. (1986). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History – The Desert States: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers. ISBN 0-87004-305-6.
The Tombstone Epitaph building – The Tombstone Epitaph newspaper was established in this building, constructed in 1880 at 11 S. 5th Street, as a Republican paper under the operation of John P. Clum, Thomas Sorin, and later that year, Charles Reppy. [1] [8] The Bird Cage Theatre – The theater was built in 1881 at 535 E. Allen Street. It was ...
The town was established on Goose Flats, a mesa above the Goodenough Mine. Within two years of its founding, although far distant from any other metropolitan area, Tombstone had a bowling alley, four churches, an ice house, a school, two banks, three newspapers, and an ice-cream parlor, alongside 110 saloons, 14 gambling halls, and numerous dance halls and brothels.
The Tombstone Historic District had ill-defined boundaries when it was first designated in 1961. The landmarked area was generally agreed to include at least the area bounded by Toughnut, Fremont, 3rd and 6th Streets, but its precise limits were a subject of continuing debate through at least 1986.
The discovery of water at Tombstone allowed the erection of mill sites there rendering the San Pedro River mill sites superfluous; when the Contention Mine and the silver mines in Tombstone flooded in 1886 and 1887, after the 1887 Sonora earthquake, the mills were forced to shut down, and Contention City suffered a fatal blow. The population ...
1880: Last passenger service 1971. Razed 1970s. Replica of depot building constructed on this location in early 2000s for Chamber of Commerce. Amtrak's Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle stop at a shed nearby. Benson: SPSR: Portable-module structure located one mile south of downtown.
Newman Haynes Clanton c. 1880. The Clanton family led by Newman Haynes Clanton had a ranch about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Tombstone that was a way station for stolen Mexican beef. He was assisted by his sons Ike, Billy, and Phin Clanton. Frank and Tom McLaury had a ranch outside of Tombstone that they used to buy and re-sell stolen Mexican ...
State Route 80 (SR 80) is a 120.20-mile (193.44-kilometre) long, roughly arc-shaped highway lying in southeastern Arizona.Starting in downtown Benson, the highway serves as the main route through the towns of St. David, Tombstone, Bisbee and Douglas before terminating at the New Mexico state line, becoming New Mexico State Road 80 (NM 80).