| Many people envision an Arizona vacation as relaxing | | | | wooden, and the streets are still unpaved. |
| in the sun and maybe playing a round of golf in the | | | | Although there are many shops and restaurants in |
| vicinity of Phoenix or Tuscson, which happen to be | | | | Tombstone, the town relishes its historical imprint on |
| Arizona's two largest cities. | | | | America. The O.K. Corral still offers tours, as does the |
| But if you're into history and enjoy traveling just a bit | | | | C.S. Fly Photo Gallery, where you can view Mr. Fly's |
| off the beaten path, consider traveling to Cochise | | | | photographs of Geronimo and 1880s Tombstone. |
| County in the southeastern corner of the state. | | | | Now a historical museum, the Tombstone Courthouse |
| Wide open spaces and a great independent spirit give | | | | is the most important place to visit in town. When you |
| Cochise County the air of what Arizona was really like | | | | visit the courthouse it will take you 120 years back in |
| back in the says when it was a Territory. | | | | time, as the thousands of artifacts and exhibts will give |
| The best way to take in Cochise County would be to | | | | you a good feel of what life used to be like in |
| visit the historic towns of Tombstone, Bisbee and | | | | Tombstone. |
| Benson. | | | | Now an artist enclave, the quaint community of Bisbee |
| The historic railroad town of Benson is just off | | | | lies about twenty miles southeast of Tombstone. |
| Interstate 10, approximately fort five miles east of | | | | Bisbess is home to the largest open pit copper mine in |
| Tucson. Situated in the center of the San Pedro River | | | | the world, the Queen Mine. |
| Valley, Benson is where you will find Kartchner | | | | The first thing you might notice about Bisbee is its |
| Caverns State Park. In the Territorial era, Benson was | | | | beautiful architecture, as "old" Bisbee is nestled into the |
| one of the scheduled stops on the Pony Express and | | | | side of a mountain. Immediately, your eyes will gaze |
| the Butterfield Overland Stage Coach Route. Along | | | | over to "The Pit," the copper mine, which ceased |
| with the birth of the transcontinental railroad, Benson | | | | production in the mid 1970s. Quite simply, it's the largest |
| soon became a busy railroad town. | | | | hole in the earth you'll ever see! |
| Twenty miles south on US Highway 80 lies the | | | | The Queen Mine operates tours daily, and you can |
| infamous town of Tombstone, the town too tough to | | | | actually go down into the mine. The tours are given by |
| die. | | | | former miners, and they are able to give you personal |
| Even those that aren't interested in the Old West | | | | insights into the mine operations. |
| know that Tombstone was the location of the | | | | All of these historical towns make a good day trip for |
| Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. | | | | tourists. You may want to consider a weekend |
| Tombstone's main source of income is, you might | | | | getaway to take in everything that Cochise County |
| have guessed, tourism. Allen Street, the town's main | | | | offers. |
| thoroughfare, still resembles Tombstone as it was in | | | | You may reprint this article in it's entirety unchanged as |
| the 1880s. The walkways beside the storefronts are | | | | long as the resource box with live link is retained. |