Boothill Graveyard (Tombstone, Arizona)

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Boothill Graveyard
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Boothill Graveyard
Boothill Graveyard (Tombstone, Arizona)
Details
Established1878
Location
Tombstone, Arizona [1]
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 31°43′12″N110°04′13″W / 31.7200580°N 110.0702618°W / 31.7200580; -110.0702618
No. of intermentsAt least 250
Website official website – managed by the City of Tombstone https://cityoftombstoneaz.gov

Boothill Graveyard is a small graveyard of at least 250 interments located in Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona. [2] Also known as the "Old City Cemetery", the graveyard was used after 1883 only to bury outlaws and a few others. It had a separate Jewish cemetery, which is nearby. [3]

Contents

"Boot Hill" refers to the number of men who died with their boots on. Among a number of pioneer Boot Hill cemeteries in the Old West, Tombstone is among the best-known, and it is one of the city's most popular tourist attractions. [3]

History

Originally called Boothill Cemetery, the graveyard was founded in 1878. [4] After a new city cemetery was built elsewhere, the old cemetery stopped accepting new burials in about 1883 (save for very few exceptions) and fell into disrepair until the 1940s, when the city began to restore and preserve it. [3]

Notable interments and grave markers

Boothill Graveyard in 1940, before it was fully restored Tombstone Boot Hill, FSA, 1940.jpg
Boothill Graveyard in 1940, before it was fully restored

Notable grave markers but fictitious burials

In order to attract tourists, some of the Boot Hill grave sites are falsely marked, and fictitious claims of burials have been made by the cemetery's various operators over the years.[ citation needed ]

Images of notable graves

The following are the images of some of the notable graves in the historic Boothill Graveyard.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boothill Graveyard
  2. Weiser, Kathy (March 2013). "Tombstone Arizona Vintage Photograph – Boot Hill" . Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Tombstone's Boot Hill". LegendsofAmerica.com. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Tombstone's Cemetery: Boothill". History Magazine. June 12, 2006. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
  5. 1 2 Tombstone Chamber of Commerce
  6. Gunfight at the OK Corral, Tombstone Chamber of Commerce
  7. Bisbee Massacre Hanging, Tombstone Chamber of Commerce
  8. "The Copper era". Arizona State Library . Clifton, Graham County, Ariz: Library of Congress. March 1, 1900. p. 4. Retrieved October 27, 2019 via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.
  9. True West Magazine
  10. Shueh, Sam; Chen, Eric (December 2006). "Chinese Residents in Tombstone". Tombstone Times. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  11. Lester Moore, Tombstone Chamber of Commerce
  12. "The American Cowboy Chronicles: Fake Graves in Tombstone's Boothill". Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  13. John Heath, Tombstone Chamber of Commerce
  14. The Austin Weekly Statesman, February 28, 1884, Page 7, Image 7
  15. Thomas Harper, Tombstone Chamber of Commerce
  16. Wilson, R. Michael (2010). Legal Executions in the Western Territories, 1847–1911: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, Inc. p. 18. ISBN   978-0-7864-4825-8.
  17. Boessenecker, John (2012). When Law Was in the Holster: The Frontier Life of Bob Paul. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 367. ISBN   978-0-8061-4285-2.

Further reading

Official Website - DiscoverBoothill.com