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Tombstone - "The city is too tough to die"

Tombstone - a settlement in Arizona, located far from the border with Mexico and a half hours from Tucson , on the trail drovers of cattle and horses, was founded in 1879. Its name comes from a silver mine belonging to Ed Schieffelina. The town grew very quickly due to the rich deposits of silver. In 1881 it had a population of 1,000 inhabitants, and another year the town's population has already exceeded 5000, even after the population reached to 15,000 To quickly shown around the city running water, telegraph and limited telephone service, were laundries, restaurants and hotels run mainly by Chinese immigrants in the silver mines worked emigrants from Europe.

fires ravaged city due to small amounts of water and low, wooden buildings. The first major fire broke out in June 1881, the second in May 1882, has proved to be very devastating for the city. He stopped It has a large population growth and the town began to decline rapidly in the late 80s - the nineteenth century. Silver mines are exhausted, causing a collapse of the mines, some of which was flooded by ground water pumping disaster.

Tombstone currently advertises the slogan - "Town too tough to die" ("the Town Too Tough to Die") - maybe not a metropolis - because it has a bit more than 1,500 people - that is, population, rather the beginning of the settlement - the city, not only did not die but live quite well - with the curious tourists former life. Famous Tombstone offers visitors the legend of the Wild West, a place famous for gunfight at the OK Corral [recommend link] prevalent in movies with Kevin Costner "Wyatt Earp" (as for me) and Kurt Russell Tombstone. Such episodes were a lot of the U.S. border, but just the events of Tombstone inspired screenwriters in Hollywood.

Along Main Street Allen, obwołanej once - "bed of whiskey, was full of saloons, smoky pubs and theaters - where the time passed happily. Today is no comparison calmer (but not in every second and every fourth Sunday) - although many would give a lot, so it was not - but of course it looks more like a town in the western main street with the sheriff's office, saloon, houses with porches, epochal undertaking hairdressing and editor of the local newspaper "Tombstone Epitaph".

natives take care of historical atmosphere of the town and we really feel like in that era by looking at the moustached men, cowboy hats, vests, coats, boots with spurs and koltami on belts. Women in long dresses and caps also - Although, unfortunately, less often - stroll along the main street. Here, no one treats as a disguise - there just so people simply love to dress. When you get in the coach - the way we hear stories about the events prior to 129 years. If someone wants a commemorative photo in the epoch-making clothes - you can treat yourself to a luxury saloon in the "At Big Nose Kate" - U Wielkonosej Kasi. This photo from Kolt, accompanied by scantily clad ladies of the lounge shrine delights - is on offer for men, but women are offered interesting photos ... The gun shop collectors can obtain the kolty Hard drives and - looking only at the historic ...

In the 80s of the XIX century Tombstone flourished thanks to the silver deposits discovered here - mine workers were attracted to work, but cowboys, players, various shades of combiners, gunslingers and China - attracted by fast gaining a fortune, or simply those that have failed in life, and hoped that the fate of them smiles. John Henry ("Doc") Hoiliday - was one such - seeking happiness of mortals - a dentist from the south with university education, which his planned the future - has ruined tuberculosis. He was deprived of his right to practice, because the infecting patients. With a diagnosis that left him six months of life, Doc went west and began to live with szulerki. He was physically weak due to tuberculosis and to survive in difficult situations, masterfully mastered the art of shooting with a gun and wielding a knife. Both types of weapons used frequently, but as he lived - in spite of the disease over the next 15 years (and not, as proclaimed diagnosis - half a year) killed about 30 people - that's the end is not checked legend. When he came to town in 1880, the fate of Doc Holiday merged with the Big Nose Kate prostitute immigrant from Hungary. Her nickname "big nose" was just a hint - it was just nosy and had a unique smell to the interests with which the owner was quickly called his name away. Kate fell in love with the sick Docu repeatedly saved him from trouble and hid in their rooms. Holiday died at the age of 36 years in Colorado, Kate vigil at his bedside, she died only in 1940 at the age of 90 years. Doc Holiday was friends with the brothers Earp: Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan, gunslingers about the ambitions of law enforcement.

Wyatt Earp

Virgil - was at the end of the town sheriff, and on 26 October 1881 with his brothers and Holiday proceeded to disarm the gangs share the Billy Clanton OK Corral landscaped grounds. After a half minute gunfight Clanton and his two companions Tom and Frank McLaury were lying dead on the street. It is known that one of the Earp brothers, the first shot - which did not give opponents a chance to surrender.

Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp

But Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday are the heroes of the western legend. In Tombstone - for $ 9 you can watch 20 minutes of staged shootout at the OK Corral, restored by local amateur artists - despite the rather exorbitant price of the ticket - the audience is almost always full (the entire space is enclosed by a wall).

OK Corral today ...

When leaving the town you stop at the small cemetery where he buried a lot of local victims of shootings.

and more contemporary case - on the road leading north out of town I find a Border Patrol checkpoint where control documents for illegal immigrants ...

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