Top 5 “MUST-DO” Tombstone Attractions

hello again everybody welcome back to Desert Sky Adventures a lot of people been asking if I come in Tombstone and I'm just going to be there for a day or maybe you're going to be here for a couple days and you're looking to uh bide your time as best as possible well this is the video for you everyone knows tombstone has great restaurants great saloons tons of living history this is the top five must do Tombstone attractions it's coming up right now on Desert Sky Adventures [Music] tombstone's Rich history attracts people from literally all over the world there are many things to see do and experience in Tombstone especially if you love history but when it comes down to those top five must-do attractions I recently asked the citizens of Tombstone in an online poll what they would recommend and these are the results of that poll let's jump into it number five Boot Hill Cemetery many old west towns have a Boot Hill and Tombstone is no different they call it Boot Hill because most the people who are buried here died with their boots on [Music] a very unique experience to walk around amongst these old Graves and tombstones and they give you a little pamphlet that you can read all about the history at least of the people who are known they're plenty buried here who are unknown but notable characters such as Marshall Fred White of course old Lester Moore buried here at Boot Hill [Music] laid out in 1879 by the tombstone townsite company this original graveyard is just off Highway 80 West where many of tombstone's earliest Pioneers were laid to rest some 250 known people were buried in Boot Hill before it officially closed its doors in 1884. thank you [Music] and again a very unique experience just to walk amongst these tombstones and to read about how the many people who are buried here passed away they also have a really cool old west gift shop that you can pass through on your way out [Music] Boot Hill Cemetery coming in at the number five spot on the must-do tombstone attractions let's move on to number four Number Four The Rose Tree Museum did you know that the world's largest rose bush is in Tombstone Arizona well it's true so this rose bush came from Scotland back in 1885 it was planted and grew into the world's largest rose bush this rose bush does Bloom every April obviously not right now but we'll come back when it does so I'm walking now Under The Canopy of the world's largest rose bush this thing actually broke the record as the world's largest when it was only a quarter of this size so it has gotten quite a bit bigger since it broke that record I've always found the rose bush Museum especially the patio out back to be very tranquil and relaxing place and uh it's great especially during the summer time you can come in here and for five dollars you can hang out a nice shady area they've got some benches and some chairs back here and if you want to just get away from the festival crowds or spend a little time out of the Heat this is a great area to do that now there is more to this museum than just the rose bush they also have some accurate depictions of some 1880s homes and remember what these homes look like because these are people who are pretty well off in just a little bit will see some of the poor residents and how they lived this Museum was not very busy today and it was very quiet on the inside foreign so that was our quick look at the Rose Tree Museum and takes the number four spot in our top five Tombstone must-do attractions let's move on to number three [Music] number three the Cochise County Courthouse [Music] built in the shape of a Roman cross this two-story 1882 Victorian structure once housed the Cochise County offices of the sheriff recorder Treasurer the jail courtrooms and the Board of Supervisors today the old County Courthouse is a 12 000 square foot museum filled with the memorabilia of those who tame the territory huge rooms inside the Old Courthouse feature exhibits chronicling tombstones colorful Frontier history from Geronimo to the silver mining days to the OK Corral gun battle and the stories of tombstones unique but no less notorious citizens [Music] foreign [Music] County history that happened right here in this Courthouse it's always a very unique experience to come in here and walk around especially when there's nobody here like there is today this is a giant Museum and there's so much history in here you could easily spend an entire day in here reading up on all the tombstone history if you would like to the mission here is seven dollars and once you are in you can come in and out as long as you keep your ticket foreign moving on now to spot number two that's going to go to the good enough mine tour on tough nut Street the mine tour is a very interesting experience and remember without the minds there would be no tombstone so this is a great way to go into the actual mines that are at least 140 years old and see how the operation was conducted back then there was no flashlights or lanterns these guys had to use Candlelight and a sledgehammer essentially to get the ore out of the mine we did recently take a good enough mine tour ourselves and I will put the link to that video in the description if you want to check it out now I do offer a few different tours there's the basic tour which takes you about 175 feet below ground there is also a one that is a bit more physical where you actually repel that one takes you about 400 feet underground also a dinner show that goes on down there as well I don't know too much about that I've heard good things about it but I haven't done it yet you can also get a look of what life was like for tombstone's poorest residence the ground and before we reveal that number one spot let's take a look at some honorable mentions there were a few locations that came up just short of the top five and here they are in no particular order so just short of the top five was old Tombstone Western theme park this is a great place for the whole family there's lots of things to do you could probably spend an entire day just in this little theme park they've got the old Tombstone gunfight shows they've got a really cool shooting gallery they also have tombstones only mini golf location our next honorable mention is big nose Kate Saloon the classic Tombstone Saloon this place is a really good time they serve up really good food and drink they've got a nice bar live music very frequently and it's a historic location it used to be the Grand Hotel top part of the hotel burned away in the fire but the bottom still exists as big nose Kate Saloon and our last honorable mention that fell just short of the top five is Wyatt Earp's Oriental Saloon now this is more than just a bar but it's a theater with daily old west shows they also have the classic bar area here as well it's very cool and they've also got a casino they'll even teach you to play the old west card game Pharaoh if you're interested well there is only one spot left and I think it will come as no surprise to many but the number one must do attraction in Tombstone as voted by the residents of Tombstone is The Birdcage theater of course the birdcage theater it's the crown jewel of Tombstone The Birdcage was open in 1881 and ran until 1894. it's widely recognized as perhaps one of the most haunted buildings in all of America if I'd read that the place closed in 1894 and was sealed until 1929 I've read other accounts that say it was sealed until 1934 but either way what you see in here is authentic from the period And there's tons of History just in the lobby but once you get past the partition into the main casino floor that's where all the really cool stuff is [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] curtains still hanging in here from 1881 and painted [Music] one of the few places in the world where you can see the Fiji mermaid [Music] and all these old authentic artifacts now reside on the casino floor glorious nice spot in the old west just about anybody who is anybody can feel less expensive time in this building and it's still here today so we climb the creaky old staircase and head to the backstage area there's even more things to look at back there but you get a good view into some of these cribs where the prostitutes worked and back here in the backstage area even more artifacts to look at that Boot Hill sign up there was actually used in the movie Tombstone [Music] and the Black Mariah the original Tombstone hearse one of eight that were ever built it's the only one that still exists [Music] gets it from the backstage you can take the stairs down into the basement which is probably in my opinion the most interesting part of the building and take a look into the old Bordello rooms where some of the more higher end prostitutes used to work and down here was also the scene of the world's longest poker game it went on continuously for eight years 24 hours a day as tables and chairs are from that game [Music] and take a peek under the stage and see some of those old barrels that are still here no one knows what kind of alcohol is in them but whatever it is it's vintage [Music] Eric cage also has a really cool old west gift shop that you can peruse on your way out plenty of cool things to see and buy in here but this top five list just barely scratches the surface of things to see and experience in Tombstone here's a quick look at some of the others foreign guys so that was our look at the top five must do Tombstone attractions I hope you found it both educational and entertaining if you did do me a favor hit that subscribe button hit that like button it really helps us out it helps our content be seen by more people and that does a lot of good things for us so from Tombstone Arizona Allen Street historic district see you down the road [Music]

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Published: Fri Sep 23 2022