Sunday, May 1, 2011

Boothill Graveyard - Tombstone

The Boothill Graveyard was laid out as a burial plot in 1878. Called "The Tombstone Cemetery," it was the burial place for the town's first pioneers and was used until sometime around 1884. It lay for years neglected and much of the cemetery had gone back to nature. Years of hard work by interested citizens helped preserve the main part of the cemetery which is now open to the public.
Tragic results of the O.K. Corral battle, which took place between the Earp Brothers with "Doc" Holiday and the cowboys. Three men were killed and three were wounded.


Johnson inocently bought a stolen horse and suffered the consequences.

Taken from the county jail and lynched by a mob on February 22, 1884. He was called the leader of the five men who were legally hanged and was said to have planned the robbery. He was hanged from a telegraph pole a short distance from the Court House.


Moore was a Wells Fargo agent at Naco and had a dispute with a man over a package. Both died.





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