Join me on this amazing adventure into Tombstone, Arizona where I'll cover only a bit of history with each photo. If you are interested, you can find excellent documentaries, stories and articles written on almost anything you would want to know concerning Tombstone and its people back in the 'old west days.'

This was our little vacation and even though its history greatly interested me, this tour will be more on an entertainment level rather than a lecture of its events. Of course, when I got home, I read extensively about Tombstone from sources on the internet and also from the library. I spent many an hour deep into the night enthralled with the lives of these famous people. While in Tombstone, I talked with the town editor and spent time with those in the courthouse gathering up some last minute information before I had to leave. Our time was short and I was not ready to go. There was still so much I needed to understand.

Two things I learned about the broad spectrum of Tombstone's history is that not everything was right or wrong, or black and white. Sometimes, something good led to something bad and something bad worked out for the good of others. Tombstone has a history so steeped with in-betweens it eliminates 'the good guy versus the bad guy' mentality.

Tombstone's mystery did not come about with a few added words of color and glory from a creative writer, but was, and is an important part of its past. In this town, it's mystery is fact. Not imagined.

The second thing I learned was how God's hand stayed on those who were used for His purpose. Tombstone created its own little Armageddon. It played out like the book of Revelation on a much smaller scale.

For those who plan on visiting, walk the streets at night when the tourists are tucked away in bed and feel the presence that tries to come ever closer wondering who you are and why you are there.

The name itself, is sufficient warning to what has been........and still tries to be.

© Cheryl Taul
July 17, 2005

"Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by crime!"
(Habakkuk 2:12)

I want to thank Kelly at www.TooToughToDie.com
for his continual help and support. . . .always available to send me
information and links when I wanted to confirm a place or an event.
 

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