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Tombstone: "The Town too Tough to Die" The town was born in March of 1879, with 40 cabins and 100 people. By June 1880 there were 3,000 people and by late 1881there were over 7,000 people and more gambling houses, saloons, and a larger boothill and red lightly district than any town in the southwest. In the 1890's the town grew to 15,000. In Dec. of 1881 Virgil Earp was shot outside of the Longhorn Saloon and lost the use of his arm for life. The saloon still looks today, as it did then. A visit to Tombstone wouldn't be complete without going to Boot Hill to see were many gunfighters are buried. There is a re-creation of the fight at the OK corral that's fun to see. We ate at Big Nose Kate's Saloon, you really feel like you are back in the old west and the food is good. The streets in town are still unpaved as they were in 1800's and they don't allow any car traffic. When we were there years ago the cars still were allowed on the street and we commented that it would be much better if they would not allow them. We loved the Politician sign, it was on the front of one of the buildings. This is a definite stop, one could easily spend the entire day just prowling around.

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Bisbee: Located in the south of Cochise County, in the Mule Mountains, in southeastern Arizona, It proved to be one of the richest mineral sites in the world.The commercial district was mostly destroyed by fire in 1908 and by 1910 had been rebuilt and remains completely intact today. It is now an artist colony, retirement community and tourist town. There is a beautiful church that was built in 1915 with spectacular stained glass windows. There are still active copper mines in the area, but one can no longer tour them. The mine pictured below is the Copper Queen Mine.

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