Qualla: Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die https://qualla.com/tombstone en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/tpc/to/mb/st/on/tombstone/tombstone-topped-with-orb-symb.jpg Qualla: Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die https://qualla.com/tombstone Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die: Introduction https://qualla.com/tombstone/ Photo credit Gabriel Millos, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral lasted approximately 30 seconds on October 26, 1881. When it was over, three members of the Clanton-McLaury gang were dead, and Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and Doc Holliday had created the most famous shootout in Western history. The gunfight wasn't at the O.K. Corral - it was in a vacant lot nearby - and the causes were complicated (mining claim disputes, cattle rustling, personal grudges). But the 30-second gunfight made Tombstone immortal. The silver mines that created the town played out by the 1890s; the population crashed from 15,000 to fewer than 1,000. Tombstone survived by selling its history, calling itself 'The Town Too Tough to Die.' Daily reenactments, boardwalk shootouts, and costumed 'gunfighters' create a Wild West theme park that happens to be a real place.

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/9/s/tombstone-wk/9t9s-tombstone-the-town-too-tough-to-die-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die: The Gunfight https://qualla.com/tombstone/ Photo credit Ridiculopathy, CC0. The Earp brothers - Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan - had been feuding with the Clanton and McLaury families for months. The tensions involved cattle rustling, law enforcement jurisdiction, and personal animosity. On October 26, 1881, Town Marshal Virgil Earp led his brothers and Doc H...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/9/s/tombstone-wk/9t9s-tombstone-the-town-too-tough-to-die-the-gunfight.mp3 0:06 2 full Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die: Wyatt Earp's Tombstone https://qualla.com/tombstone/ Photo credit Brian W. Schaller, FAL. Wyatt Earp arrived in Tombstone in 1879, following the silver boom. He worked as a shotgun messenger, dealt faro, and acquired mining interests. His brothers came too; their complicated legal and extralegal activities entangled them with local ranchers and cowboys. After the O.K....

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/9/s/tombstone-wk/9t9s-tombstone-the-town-too-tough-to-die-wyatt-earps-tombstone.mp3 0:06 3 full Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die: The Silver Town https://qualla.com/tombstone/ Photo credit crbill, CC BY-SA 3.0. Ed Schieffelin discovered silver near the San Pedro River in 1877; the rush that followed created Tombstone almost overnight. By 1881, the town had 110 saloons, 14 gambling halls, and a population approaching 15,000 - the largest city between St. Louis and San Francisco, some cla...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/9/s/tombstone-wk/9t9s-tombstone-the-town-too-tough-to-die-the-silver-town.mp3 0:06 4 full Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die: The Show Must Go On https://qualla.com/tombstone/ Photo credit Adbar, CC BY-SA 3.0. Tombstone reenacts the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral multiple times daily. Actors in period costume stage shootouts on Allen Street; the Historama presents wax figures and narration. Boot Hill Cemetery contains the graves of those killed in the gunfight and other frontier violence ...

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]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/9/s/tombstone-wk/9t9s-tombstone-the-town-too-tough-to-die-the-show-must-go-on.mp3 0:06 5 full Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die: The Town Too Tough to Die https://qualla.com/tombstone/ Photo credit Jp16103, CC BY-SA 4.0. Tucson International Airport (TUS) is 70 miles northwest, the closest commercial airport. Tombstone is a day trip from Tucson or a stop on Route 80 through southeastern Arizona. The town covers a few blocks; everything is walkable. The O.K. Corral site charges admission for its r...

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