Tombstone

Boothill Cemetery, Wyatt Earp, Tombstone, the wild west - the little town of Tombstone down near the Mexican border is doing a good job of attracting tourists to what would otherwise be a ghost town. They're making the most of their notorious past by closing off the central streets to traffic and encouraging tourists to wander along the recreated late 1800s streetscape. We didn't hang round for the daily shootout, or, talking about hanging, go to see the local gallows.

I don't think they had bottled water n 1880.

We also went out to Boothill Cemetery which used to be neglected until it too was 'recreated' using historical records. It's surprising how many residents met their death in a violent way - we were given a very informative little handout detailing such deaths for our self-guided walk. The cemetery is also a very good 'garden' of desert plants.