Tombstone

The Wild West

The City of Tombstone evokes images Wyatt Earp, the Cowboys, dusty streets, and gun fights. It is also representative of a very interesting era in the development of the United States, when the frontier had been conquered, but law and civility were fighting a battle against rouge criminals. It has a history as rich as any other era. Tombstone, in southern Arizona, is one of the epicenters of that era- thanks largely to the eponymous western movie. I watched the movie to get in the mood before visiting. I did enjoy the visit, but a word of caution for those planning a visit – you will get that truly immersive sense of the gun fight at the OK Corral, and the dusty backstreets leading to Boot Hill are a sight to behold in the modern US. However, it should be noted that the Bird’s Nest theatre is the only truly authentic structure from the Earp era – most other buildings, including the Oriental, burned in a fire before the turn of the century.

Ray Devlin Photography

Tombstone

The Wild West

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