Tombstone hotels have been in existence just about as long as the town has had people! People began arriving after Ed Schieffelin founded the Mining District here. Tombstone’s first hotel was built in late 1879. It still stands today: the San Jose House. Tombstone hotels were constructed in the 1880s to provide for Tombstone’s visitors. Many […]
The “Gunfight at the OK Corral” is an 1881 event that gave attention to Tombstone Arizona. The story that put the town on the world-wide map! People still talk about it, hold opinions about it & discuss it today. Have you heard of it? Seems like you may have – and that’s why you stopped
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Movies with Jesse James would become an inevitable Hollywood attraction for their films and television. He was a real life character. Born on September 5, 18471 in what today is Kearney, Missouri.2 He had a short, but you could say, wild life. That’s what attracted Hollywood to doing movies with Jesse James as the story feature!
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Pictures of Tombstone Arizona pictures can be very helpful to those planning for Tombstone travel. Or even for lovers of the Old Wild West to take a virtual trip to this infamous town! Do you visualize a trip by looking at pictures? Do you like to dream about where you’ll visit when you see those
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Old West gunfighters refer to people (mostly men!) who were quite handy using their firearms during the nineteenth century when settling the American West. They were not necessarily outlaws, although many were. Some were law officers, or at least were at some point in their life. Some were known for being lawmen, yet sometimes acted
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The Tombstone Cast of the 1993 Tombstone movie was well chosen. It was a large part of what made the movie such a beloved Western film. We review the cast of Tombstone here – to get to know the people a little. To see how they fit in the roles. In fact what role did
First things first. There’s no evidence what so ever that an actual book called “My Friend Doc Holliday” was written by Wyatt Earp. The main reason why people think there is, is due entirely to the seminal 1993 Hollywood movie “Tombstone“. In the final minutes of the film, Wyatt Earp (depicted by Kurt Russell) hands over
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Have you watched the legendary film Tombstone? What was your favorite part of the movie? You probably heard the iconic phrase “you’re a daisy if you do” from Doc Holliday’s character. What an iconic line from a legendary man! So, what does Doc Holliday mean when he calls someone a daisy? We’ve got you covered on this
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I think we all know by now that Val Kilmer portrayed Doc Holliday in the 1993 movie Tombstone. The movie helped revamp his image as a cool, quick-witted gunslinger who stood up to the feared outlaw Johnny Ringo. Doc Holliday is now remembered as one of the most famous Wild West gunfighters, apart from Wyatt
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The Old Wild West fascinates many people today – world wide! Events that happened when frontier personalities moved West made for exciting stories for then and now. Many news reporters wrote bits that captured the imagination. Plays were written. People who didn’t dare venture out that way, wondered about the Western frontier, even during those
Tombstone Quotes from the 1993 Tombstone Movie are a common talking point for fans! Have you gotten together with friends who love that great Western film? And then start discussing which are the 10 best lines? Do the quotes by Doc Holliday top your list? Some of those just really crack you up! Don’t you think so?
Billy Claiborne was born in Yazoo County, Mississippi on Oct. 21, 1860. In the central Western part of the state. Nothing much is known about his youth & upbringing. But there are some who say he was a teen with a “chip on his shoulder” type of attitude. He turned up in Arizona around 1879,
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