Tombstone and Bisbee

A few weeks ago, our good friends Ken and Jackie Hurst took us on a tour of Tombstone and Bisbee. Most folks (at least of our generation) relate Tombstone to the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral." And you might think that today it's just a tourist trap. Surprisingly, the "downtown" of Tombstone has been maintained much as it was at the turn of the century. Many of the buildings are original, as are some of the furnishings.

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Bisbee is an old copper mining town. The mine is now closed, but the town still continues - sort of an artsy town.

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From Bisbee it's a short ride down to the US - Mexico border. I've heard many times about the fence our government has constructed to try to keep out the illegal immigrants. (Border Patrol agents say it is very effective.) We were able to view it that day.

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Today we again went with Ken and Jackie to Tombstone. First we stopped at the old Tombstone cemetery (a.k.a. boot Hill). It had to be a tough job trying to dig a grave in that rocky soil.

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Then we went to "downtown Tombstone" and did a little shopping, followed by lunch. There, we say reenactments of several "shootouts" that ocurred in that vicinity. Many were related to excessive alcohol consumption. Imagine that!

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We still haven't explored all the "establishments" in Tombstone. So I guess we'll just have to make another trip back to Arizona. Yeah!