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Tombstone's original frontier cemetery (closed 1886), burial place of the cowboys killed at the O.K. Corral and famous for its blunt epitaphs. Open to visitors.
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- ·Coords from Wikipedia. Originally 'Tombstone Cemetery', on the NW edge of town. KEY FACTS: (1) closed late 1886 when the new City Cemetery opened; (2) believed to hold 300+ persons, 205 recorded; (3) burials include Billy Clanton, Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury (O.K. Corral dead); (4) many Chinese and Jewish immigrant burials went unrecorded; (5) wooden markers were lost to neglect and souvenir theft, later restored; adjacent separate Jewish cemetery exists; $5 entry. Famous epitaph: 'Here lies Lester Moore, Four slugs from a .44, No Les No More.'
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