Tombstone's Boot Hill Cemetery

This famous cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona gets hundreds of visitors each day and they come from all over. It is partly factual and partly legend but one that is worth visiting if you get the opportunity.
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[@FacesoftheForgotten]

Florentino - that is indeed Indian Charlie, he was one of the assassins of Morgan Earp, and he was killed by Wyatt and the posse that he put together, with Doc Holliday and others on the “vendetta ride”. When you panned up from his grave, you see the very dramatic Dragoon mountain range, I camped in there many years ago, it is said that Apache Cheif Cochise’s tomb is hidden near the “strong hold” in those mountains, no one has found it yet. Great episode.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I read the same thing you have on that. It's probably unmarked as it was a tradition for them to do so and over time it has been lost. There is a lot of history in Arizona that's fascinating. Thank you for watching my friend!

[@davidrice3337]

Cool to see that

[@honodle7219]

The facts being sketchy and blurry just adds to the experience I think.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I believe so too and thats how most places and people are in the old west. I enjoy the stories as much as I do this history. Thank you for watching!

[@Carolbearce]

I’m so glad you took us here. I would love to think someday I will see this in person but probably not. So I’m loving this. Thank you.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for coming along on the adventure! I'm glad you are enjoying the videos!

[@michaelhester3147]

I was there in the late 60's. I was in the Army at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. I also visited "Old Tucson" where John Wayne made a lot of movies. It burned down many years ago, they rebuilt it, but never the same. Thanks for the video! (Huachuca is pronounced with a W)

[@RhettyforHistory]

Definitely would have been a great place to be stationed so you could experience so history too. I need to make my way out there again and see some more. I'm planning on going back out there this next summer. I'm sure the heat is going to kill me! Thanks for watching Michael!

[@danpatch4751]

Here I lye in boot hill cemetery, no less no more. Oh well guess I'm not a poet. Thanks for the tour Rhetty. Maybe someday I'll get there.

[@RhettyforHistory]

It is a great one to visit along with the town. Thank you for watching Dan!

[@marlenecentrella9793]

I enjoyed this video very much really fascinating to find out which ones are real and some that we're not

[@RhettyforHistory]

That's really something that is hard to decifer and I'm not entirely sure we will ever know on most of them. Thank you for watching!

[@tracylynn1461]

I'm Rhetty, I'm Rhetty.... for another great video:) And thanks for the movie recommendation in last weeks video, even tho I cried most of the way thru it was a great watch!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's certainly not the traditional western like you would see with John Wayne or Clint Eastwood but I thought it was good. I love movies based on a true story. They pretty well stuck to the facts on this one. Thank you for watching Tracy!

[@Corgis175]

Thanks for a good walkthru. Lots of rocks piled up for sure.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes and I think many of those rocks were not from the area. They seemed like a different color. Thank you for watching Arleen!

[@sandysizemore501]

Wish I would have went there. I was in Tombstone in late 90s.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Oh you were right there then. If you came from the north then you would have passed right by this cemetery.

[@whatsthedealwithdanny3913]

Awesome stuff, Thanks for sharing

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Danny!

[@sallykohorst8803]

Wow what a video and when I watch an old western will think of this cemetary.

[@RhettyforHistory]

This is definitely the cemetery most people think of when they hear the old west. Thank you for watching Sally!

[@brendaholliday6866]

I enjoyed this video about, Boothill, in Tombstone, Arizona. I heard years ago, Tombstone was a town "to tough to die in." Rhett, I liked the fact that you told us about whether or not some of the people in Boothill were real of fictional. Loved the background scenery and skyline. Take care 🐎

[@RhettyforHistory]

It is certainly beautiful there and in a weird ways it's weird to think about Wyatt and Doc and many other characters stared at those very same mountains. You don't really get that same feeling in Dodge City, Kansas or some other places but a few you do and this is one. It truly was a rough town and trying to sort thru the history is pretty tough too. Thank you for watching Brenda!

[@lesliehackney7519]

I love your Old West videos and always look forward to them. Your cemetery videos are great, too and I appreciate the history you insert in them!

[@RhettyforHistory]

The old west is definitely one of my passions. I have a lot on the subject matter coming soon! Thank you for watching!

[@sandysizemore501]

Love your tours.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm glad you enjoy the tours and I appreciate you coming along!

[@bigdikannonannon152]

Wow!..great video Rhetty....you have one of the best channels on you tube.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I appreciate the kind words as well. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@nancyrobertson550]

Thanks for taking me along with you.from Texas

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for coming along on the adventure!

[@wesleyjohnson2284]

Thank you for a great video i have heard of this cemetery full of history

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes it is quite the cemetery and a great one to visit. Thank you for watching Wesley!

[@harrybutler1828]

What a great video Rhett. Have been to AZ. many times but have never made it to Tombstone. Really enjoyed this one.

[@RhettyforHistory]

It's really far south and out of the way unless you are specifically going there but it is fascinating. Thank you for watching Harry and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@edwardaustin740]

Always love the videos..Always learning. Thank you.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you're learning a little something new!

[@YKorNL]

Interesting.. lots of 1882's there. Thanks for taking us, I would never be able to see that. Lots of .. well what we view now as.. petty reasons to kill another! Sure were different times back then.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes they were. Times were different for sure. You're right about there being a lot of 1882's in there. I was pretty shocked on that. Thank you for watching Kitty!

[@jeannineroche5669]

Great video as always Rhetty! Loved it!😀

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate you watching Jeannine!

[@KowboyUSA]

That "Here Lies Lester Moore..." tombstone has always cracked me up. Had no idea it was probably just a fake.

[@RhettyforHistory]

It is certainly creative and it was a brilliant idea to get people to visit. Thank you for watching my friend!

[@KowboyUSA]

@@RhettyforHistory Still the best boot anywhere. Thanks for taking us along amigo!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome!

[@jangriffiths1305]

I enjoyed reading those grave stones ! Here lies Lays Lester Moore four slugs from a 44 ,,,No Lester. Any More Moore

[@anangryranger]

Nicely done!👍 ALWAYS enjoy, and look forward to seeing your videos. Though an avid student of history for well six decades, one can never learn enough. Your research and presentations add to this quest for historical knowledge. Thank you.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching my fiend! There is always something new to learn in history and I'm glad you are enjoying the videos.

[@jeffthegraveguy8629]

I have seen other variations of the poem on Frank Bowles grave. A very interesting and thought-provoking poem. Thanks for the video, Rhett.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Jeff!

[@hollymorales7444]

Ty for this great video I too would love to go and see it in person and put flowers on each grave.

[@sunteacup]

This video was awesome. The reason they don’t have accurate records is because there was a fire that destroyed almost all the records of the people buried there and the true locations. They tried to salvage as much as they could in regards to who and where people were buried. This is why they don’t have accurate locations to many of the graves and the cause of deaths. Some people were never located after the fire and you could be walking on them without even knowing. Great video, I loved it all the times I went. Thank you for the video 😁

[@janeta.9914]

Another great video Rhetty 👍 .

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you and I appreciate you watching Janet!

[@kathycole4474]

I love this video always wanted to go here...I also love virginia city nev...thanks for keeping history alive

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed our visit here. I've never been to Virginia City but I need to.

[@raynonabohrer5624]

1882 was a busy year. I lost count. Great video God-bless you all and Keepsafe ❤

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes it was according to those markers. Thank you for watching!

[@sandysizemore501]

Love the music. Cool

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you Sheila!

[@martynewell1181]

I enjoying something like this and learn of the old west very good

[@brendakrieger7000]

Thanks for sharing this fascinating location🪦🪦🪦

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thanks for coming along on the adventure Brenda!

[@hikerx9366]

I'd love to go see that place some day, Cemeteries have so much history and even better now that I can see more of them via your channel and hear some of the tales and final days of many. Thanks for sharing.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and this is a great one to visit. I know some of it isn't exactly real or accurate but it is still interesting. Thank you for watching!

[@debbiegsyarnylove8424]

Very interesting and the view 👍👏 is amazing

[@RhettyforHistory]

I really loved the surrounding view there. Thank you for watching!

[@lindsaymacpherson8782]

Loved the video Rhetty Great bit of history and loved how you have done it Thankyou

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm glad you love the video and I appreciate you watching!

[@sandysizemore501]

It’s amazing back then being in your 20s was considered basically middle age. I guess it would be. Everyone was getting shot.

[@RhettyforHistory]

It was dangerous for many reasons. Life was not as easy as it is now. Thank you for watching Sandy!

[@sandysizemore501]

@@RhettyforHistory thanks for replying. I’m not sure where we were. My family lived there and the others wanted to go to Nogales. Soooo I was out voted. But loved your visit.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm glad you enjoyed the visit.

[@bonniekaye]

Awesome video! Thank you for sharing!

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate you watching.

[@sheilabock466]

Love the Western episodes and appreciate the research you put into it. Thank you sir. Hope all is well with you.

[@RhettyforHistory]

All is good here and I hope everything is going well for you too. Thank you for watching Sheila!

[@travelingwithmikeandpam9074]

That cemetery is fun to go to. A lot of fact & a lot of fiction, a lot of "not sure!" Fun none the less. Thanks for the vlog Rhetty!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're right about that but it certainly adds to the lure of the old west. I enjoyed it and I'm hoping to go back out that way next summer. I need to hit some other things at west including near where you are. Thank you for watching my friend.

[@paulstan9828]

I always wanted to see Boot Hill. The Lester Moore marker I remember being fascinated as a kid visiting Riplies Believe it or Not museum. They had a replica of it there and of course said it was an authentic grave marker. 😁

[@RhettyforHistory]

I do love Ripley's but I think in their pursuit for odd and strange they get sucked into things that are far-fetched. The town of Tombstone and especially the cemetery was in sad shape and it was all part of the effort made to bring people in and make it a tourist destination. It's difficult to decifer a lot in this cemetery but there are some real ones in here. Either way it is a fascinating one to visit. Thank you for watching my friend!

[@paulstan9828]

@@RhettyforHistory Thank you. Videos are always interesting.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm glad you enjoy them. I have a lot coming up from all sorts of places. A lot of of them are some big names.

[@paulstan9828]

@@RhettyforHistory That sounds good. Thanks!

[@dcmarvelanime2303]

Great videos I love the history of the old west and other history videos you do.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad to hear you are enjoying the videos.

[@johnvoorhees7881]

Glad you're back, bro 🙏

[@RhettyforHistory]

I am. I'm not sure if you saw it or not but I had an old west video right before this. Thank you for watching!

[@johnvoorhees7881]

@@RhettyforHistory you're the man!

[@Jamiejjb]

Great video. Enjoyed it!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching this one and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@Skunkape74]

Good stuff...Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

[@victoriamercado202]

Woohoo IAM first ,,Good morning Rhetty ,,

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes you are! Good morning and thank you for watching Victoria!

[@Ferreal92]

As a child, I was fascinated by this place when I visited decades ago. The visions of gunfights, Indian attacks, saloon brawls, mine explosions, etc, was the epitome of Old West lore. To think that many, if not all, of the stories could be tourist trap fodder is like being told Santa doesn’t exist. Oh well. The stories are still fun and still not too far from the truth:

[@apscoradiales]

Hiked the Dragoon mountains, visited the Chiricahua's several times, been to Tombstone something like five times, including the Boot Hill cemetery - all the way from Toronto, Canada. Nice, long drive...

[@albertwaggoner3249]

Appreciate your labor if love. Living in Phoenix we have visited will several relatives from far away as Connecticut. you covered it better than most as usual you do great work. thanks for your "honest" approach and info too.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Albert and I appreciate the kind words. I need to make another trip to AZ as there is a lot of history to cover. I'll have a little more coming soon.

[@joseleswopes4396]

I love the music 👍😎

[@thedoxinator3934]

🤠 Rhetty….fancy meeting you here ..🥴…I’ve been to Tombstone & Boot Hill 👍😎

[@RhettyforHistory]

Definitely a great place to visit if you love the old west. Thank you for watching!

[@jackiewarren2002]

Love your videos sir

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you are enjoying the videos!

[@sandysizemore501]

I enjoyed it. Thanks

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate you watching!

[@c.joyceb.8991]

Very interesting video. Thanks.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching!

[@Smootus]

No one really kept a accurate records obviously, but you know there are real people buried there, buried b people doing the best they could with what they had.great video! Thanks for posting this video!

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching. You're right about no one really keeping great records back then. And it didn't really matter where you were but it was much worse in rural or remote towns such as Tombstone would have been. It certainly adds to the mystery of the old west.

[@dutchdrone1249]

03:17 Well that figures, whenever there's a red light district the Dutch are involved .. 😉Thank you for taking us with you Rhetty, Tombstone is one of the many places I would love to visit.

[@RhettyforHistory]

It's a great place to visit if you love the old west and get the opportunity to. Thank you for watching!

[@ericwhite8062]

Could of been Dutch, or German, or any non English speaking European. Dutch is just what they called immigrants back then, not sure why as the majority of the immigrants were from Germany.

[@joysmetaphysicalnaturechannel]

When you said J. Garner it made me think of James Garner (Maverick) TV show. lol. And also thanks for the tour, interesting cemetery.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is similar. He was sure a great actor and it does seem sort of fitting. Thank you for watching Joys!

[@byronharano2391]

I live off of HWY 82 Whetstone, AZ. Never visited this cemetery. Tombstone is interesting to visit.

[@yvonnepetty3400]

My word Rhett your taking me to places l can only dream of seeing. That was really interesting. Take's me back to the Cowboys movie that we used to queue for hours to watch.Thank you. My best to you all..😃💝🐘.

[@RhettyforHistory]

When most people think of the old west they think of Tombstone so this is a big one. Thanks for coming along on the adventure and I hope all is well where you are!

[@tracylong5192]

Awesome video

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching Tracy!

[@unicornprincess8896]

Good morning my friend

[@RhettyforHistory]

Good morning and thank you for watching!

[@swansfan6944]

I have heard of this one but never seen it, thanks for taking me there Rhetty. 😃 That is one extremely dry, old fascinating cemetery and I enjoyed the stories very much. Not a big fan of fake graves, as the years keep going by this will become more and more complicated to work out just who is real and who isn’t, I would imagine. I guess it worked though to bring the people in. ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺

[@RhettyforHistory]

I think by the time they started making the effort to restore the cemetery in the 40s and 50s there really wasn't much that could really be preserved as real. There are some newspaper accounts as well as court records but much of it in the cemetery had wasted away over time and it not having a caretaker. They had to do something to save the cemetery and town. No matter where I have been much of the old west is difficult to cover just because of the folklore that gets built up around them. Thank you for watching Jodie and we've been thinking about you and your family and we hope things are going as well as possible.

[@swansfan6944]

@@RhettyforHistory that would be so true, I know a story can change so much just by one person sending it down a line of 20 people, so can only imagine the change over the years and decades. We are still trudging along and dad is still at home. I’m amazed he can walk, he is just a human skeleton. He is definitely one tough nut. Thank you and Sarah for your concern.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes we used to play a game as a kid in school called telephone. The story might start out from the teacher saying if you are good we can have an extra 10 minutes at recess. You could only say the story once to the next person and by the time it went around the class it might be the teacher was going to take us to the movies and has dog trained to kill. It was a lesson how stories can change.

[@swansfan6944]

@@RhettyforHistory yes, we played it as well.

[@RhettyforHistory]

It was funny sometimes!

[@joseleswopes4396]

Alfred Packer we have that alpart of school curriculum ever since I can remember 👍‼️

[@jodysappington7008]

than you sir.....

[@RhettyforHistory]

You're welcome and thank you for watching Jody!

[@PattyLouM]

Enjoyed your wander through Boot Hill. If you are ever feeling ambitious, I would suggest the 13 cemeteries altogether in Virginia City, Nevada. I traumatized my now adult children many years ago by dragging them through the whole thing, we also had a ghost show up in our family photo. We were looking for the grave of my paternal Great Great Grandpa Edward Cooper who was killed in a fire in the Gould and Curry Mine in 1861. A year or so later I found out he was buried down the hill in Silver City! I love cemeteries!

[@bettyfourman5438]

We have been to Tombstone a few times. We stayed in the RV Park in town. It was interesting ... a little touristy but fun. I love anything Old West. Things to see and do there. They had a play about the gunfight at OK Corral with actors in costume. Was good

[@RhettyforHistory]

The town is a great place to visit and they have done a great job trying to preserve the look and feel of the old west. Thank you for watching Betty!

[@WhispersFromTheDark]

Loved seeing this. I spent a month in Tombstone, back in 2005 while guarding the border there. I have lots of pictures of the area and of course, the (in)famous Boot Hill cemetery. Usually when I go into cemeteries I at least have some kind of feeling as to a presence (of spirits) there but I was surprised that I didn't feel anything except a sense of being annoyed while I was there. I have thought back on that several times and still don't understand, and I was looking forward to visiting there but it just didn't feel right. Kinda like the feeling you'd get if you were expecting something to be real, but instead walked upon a movie set or something artificial was being portrayed as authenic. I dunno, it just struck me with an odd strange feeling of not being real. I've visited many cemeteries, and this I guess was the most historical or 'famous' of all and it left me with so many questions. Maybe I'll drag out those old pictures and talk to the photographer that I rode with and get his take on his experience and we'll put something together. Thanks for your video, I hope you visited Big Nose Kates Saloon while you were there, it was our favorite 'haunt'. LOL

[@RhettyforHistory]

My time was limited there but I do plan on going back this next summer. It is a strange feeling on the cemetery. I get needing to do something to save it and what they did definitely did that but it makes a person question it all. It's a great place to visit but I do prefer authenticity over a tourist attraction when it comes to the old west. A lot of things are like that in Tombstone. Including some of the figures. It's very difficult to sort through the facts and legends. Thank you for watching!

[@harolynallison6889]

Wowzer double play, I was just there as a birthday trip guess I am just more interested in history than anything else. Anything I missed there you have filled the blanks and starting in Jan. After the holiday I am going to see the burial sites of every president and their homesteads. I have been saving my money so January I begin with president Kennedy then home save up and go from there.. as a kid wee small my dad would take us on vacation and would use this as a vacation and history lesson now my children are making these trips to educate their kids on the history of this nation. You are very very important in achieving the goal of helping our youth learn our history and fight against cancel culture. You are a wonderful caring man and very special in my book and smart too. The necklace means that they are protected on their journey to the afterlife, it is a tradition I asked about that and that is what I was told

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thanks for helping out on the necklace. I figured it might have meant something like that although I wasn't quite sure what was on it. It looked like it had been out there awhile. I'm glad you were able to visit there. That trip you have planned sounds incredible. I have been to quite a few Presidential graves and libraries etc but I have a long ways to go. I always like visiting their graves as well as the Vice Presidents. Hopefully I can check more of them of the list some time. A lot of them I actually need to film. It was something I haven't always done. I appreciate you watching and always great to see others with a passion of history.

[@harolynallison6889]

@@RhettyforHistory the necklace is used just like people leave little stones or coins, stuffed animals and things like that. To show respect and the fact that they were real humans that are not forgotten. I am starting my presidential visits at Arlington national cemetery as 2 presidents are laid to rest there, presidents Kennedy and Taft. Then plan the rest so I am not ziz zagging all over the place. When I was 8 years old my dad took me to Gettysburg to view the battle fields and teach me civil war he wanted to go to a church as it was sunday he picked out a church and we went in and sat down just got a warm welcome like churches do when guests attend, we were sitting and who came in and sat next to me. It was president Eisenhower and the 1st lady. I never forgot that and he gave me his church bulletin and to this day it is sealed in a glass case to protect it. He had his little white house there in Gettysburg in today's world 🌎 this would never happen but he took us back to his home and gave us the tour it was there i rode my first horse and have been riding ever since. I will never part with that bulletin and it goes to my son when I pass.

[@harolynallison6889]

@@RhettyforHistory I think I will plan to Franklin D Roosevelts resting place at his little white house and museum they have his car that was altered so he could drive and the bed he passed in and do many things to mark the fact he is still with us in a way the driveway is lined with beautiful petrified wood shaped in the form of the states of this nation, one for each state. I will fo that one after Christmas and decide by the internet where to go next.

[@harolynallison6889]

@@RhettyforHistory we can't allow cancel culture to take this from us

[@RhettyforHistory]

What an incredible experience you had with Ike! Arlington is a good spot to start and you aren't that far away from others there.

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

Hey Rhett, I've been to Tombstone and loved the place. That cemetery is famous and IS in need of repair. The town is very interesting. We went into a cafe that was made up like a saloon and had breakfast. That was pretty cool. They didn't have a brochure when we went through, but we're told that most of the graves were real. Thank you for sharing my friend.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm not sure when you went but the town and the cemetery were in really bad shape. There was an effort to try and bring everything back and attract people into the town and that's when the cemetery went thru a major change. It's really almost impossible to tell who or where anyone is in the cemetery. It's now such a major tourist attraction that there isn't really much original. Even the grave and the rocks for the most part don't seem original. I think they will continue just making wooden headstones to try and keep the old west feel. It's still a great place to visit. Thank you for watching!

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

@@RhettyforHistory we went in early 1990s. Our son and his family were in Tucson at the Air Force base there. I believe you're right about the graves and the "tombstones" not being the original rocks or markers. I wondered that when we were there. They looked too "new". Your videos are great and I do enjoy the Rhetty for West tales. Thank you sir.

[@RhettyforHistory]

At most there are only two gravemarkers that are original and clearly one is the first one I covered. I think the iron fence in there is original tough. I've also wondered how many have been stolen before the cemetery restoration took place. That's pretty common with old outlaws and lawmen.

[@whiterabbit-wo7hw]

@@RhettyforHistory yeah, instead of taking a chip of cement or a piece of wood, they take the whole thing. Have a good day, my friend.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I wondered if they ever had stone markers and they were just taken. I've never seen anything on the cemetery one way or another. Hope you have a good day as well!

[@CactusAtlas]

We said the same thing about the potential validity of some of the markers and always gets a few comments about what people believe they know. 😂 We would love to do a deep dive into some archives one day to check them out but haven't had the time. Great video though! Very thorough and enjoy seeing a few of the photos of the people.

[@RhettyforHistory]

So far I haven't had any comments like that but I do get them on other videos where I have covered something surrounding Tombstone. I think most people think the OK Corral was lawmen vs outlaws but it goes a lot deeper than than that. Sides were split then and they will forever be that way. There are a lot of legends and tales that get woven into the facts when discussing the old west and its never mote apparent than when discussing Tombstone or the figures that were there. Thank you for watching!

[@sandystevens8040]

I love this video and the history and as u no when u went to the crow cemetery u worked hard to cut the grass

[@RhettyforHistory]

Definitely no grass that has to be cut here. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching.

[@TheGraveyardChannel]

Hi Rhetty, I didn't know that there were real graves there. I always just thought that it was Just a tourist attraction with funny headstones. Interesting to hear about the real graves.

[@RhettyforHistory]

There are some that are real in the cemetery but who knows if they are even close with where they are. Some of the figures are real but I know several of them were not and are not in this cemetery. One for sure is in Texas. Thank you for watching my friend!

[@Ron-tk5zj]

1882 must’ve been a deadly year there is lots of graves there for 1882 love your videos keep them coming

[@RhettyforHistory]

Sure looks like it was. Thank you for watching Ron!

[@rebeccamartin9664]

There's one close by that says something like the one you read, about-- as you are now so once was I so prepare for death and come follow me. Something almost like that. Enjoyed it as always. I wonder about them all as well.. if that's how they make ends meet than that's sad..to me.. thanks for sharing.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That is pretty similar. I have seen the exact words from this cemetery on others. The spacing on this one was poor and made it difficult to read. That's interesting to hear about the one that is near you. Thank you for watching and sharing a little more!

[@laurab1089]

It would be hard to determine where the actual grave is in an area like this. I imagine once the dirt settles and time passes the graves simply disappear. I hate that someone appears to have added fake graves but I do love the ruggedness and history of the Wild West.. perfect ending to this great video..

[@williamjarman9076]

I was there around 2000 or so and the graveyard was mostly washed away not much left. That marker was there I remember it " Here lies Lester Moore " shot with 4 slugs from a .44 no less no more. They also told me about a fire they had in Tombstone where it burned alot of it down. Most of those graves or just for show for tourist. The cemetery itself wasnt even in that particular spot.

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

Ransom Stoddard: You're not going to use the story, Mr. Scott? Maxwell Scott: This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. :-)

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

Its like War Stories. All war stories are True. Whether they happened of not

[@RhettyforHistory]

Great lines! The stories and legends are just as interesting to listen to as the history and many times they are intertwined. Those that were in Tombstone were very much like that. Thank you for watching!

[@RhettyforHistory]

If you ever get in a room full of veterans there are certainly a lot of stories flying!

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@@RhettyforHistory "There I was...." :-)

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@@RhettyforHistory Tall Tales...War Stories, are one important way to pass on history.

[@sandysizemore501]

I’ve been to the Boothill Saloon”. I’ve been to Tombstone.

[@RhettyforHistory]

It's a great place to visit. I'm planning on going back out there next summer. Thank you for watching Sandy!

[@plymouthduster225]

Another great video Rhetty love watching your channel. I always loved the history of Tombstone and when it comes to people of the old west Doc Holliday was the man that I enjoyed reading about the most. Just curious did it mention anything about Curly Bill Brocious or Frank Stillwell being buried there. I know Curly Bill was killed at Iron Springs and Frank Stiwell was killed in Tuscon. I thought that they might be buried in the cemetery too but I looked them up and they aren't.

[@RhettyforHistory]

The location Curly Bill is unknown. It may be I'm Iron Springs in an unknown location but it's really just up in the air. We do know the cemetery that Frank is in but not the exact location. I will have a little more on Frank in an upcoming video either later this month or next. Thank you for watching my friend!

[@plymouthduster225]

@@RhettyforHistory my pleasure Rhetty I never miss a video.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I know you're always a dedicated watcher!

[@janisoconnor6881]

Good video

[@RhettyforHistory]

Tha k you for watching Janis!

[@erlinbarillas4229]

Imagine how though was the life in this town back in the days, how bloody it was ,was this town like an outlaw paradise? just imagine almost all the bodies on this cementery died in violent ways!

[@sandysizemore501]

I like the fences to

[@RhettyforHistory]

Only one fence would be original in there and that would be the iron one.

[@blake86303]

1882 was a tough year in Tombstone!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes it was. At least according to those markers. Thank you for watching!

[@cameronwright8634]

I remember Johnny Cash singing about boothill. It was called "Ballad of Boothill"

[@frankmedrano2007]

They probably lost the original records to most of the graves due to mostly done in paper back in those days , regardless May they all rest in peace .

[@jjuwayne]

I love your videos we share interests but I must say I have beard envy ! I try but your beard is impressive!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you enjoy the videos. As far as the beard I guess I was blessed but I say grow whatever you can!

[@sharonbartlett4307]

Did one of the Earp brothers die in Tombstone or was that just in the movie? Also, where is Doc Holliday buried? I enjoyed this video very much. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe and God bless.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes Morgan Earp was killed on March 18th 1882. He was playing pool. The movie sort of got that right although they don't really let you know the dates. Doc Holliday died in and was originally buried in Glennwood Springs, Colorado. There are some who believe his was moved to Georgia to be next to his father but there is nothing certain. I'm of the belief that he is still in Glennwood but the exact spot isn't known. I will have more on that in the next couple months. Thank you for watching Sharon!

[@ehrldawg]

FAstinating !

[@rossabbott2941]

Al Bennet, killed by the indians in Fronteras, Mexico, Teamster Al Bennet and Ben Scott, Teamsters, hauling freight to Fronteras, Mexico, were attacked by Apaches. Ben was hit in the arm and Al was killed. Ben buried Al in Fronteras and returned to Tombstone. Mrs. Bennet insisted that Ben return to Fronteras and return with Al for burial in Tombstone, but Ben was killed on the way back. They were then both buried together in Boot Hill, Tombstone. Al Bennet was a relative.

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thank you for watching and filling us all in on more information about them. That's some interesting history and neat that how they relate to your family.

[@rayjames6096]

You could get put on Boot Hill for any little reason it seems, best to keep your boots on always to be ready.

[@jerricocke987]

The Jewish Indian monument is actually worth walking down that trail and seeing. And yeah from what I can tell I actually did the same thing you did I went through it backwards it was more fun that way I think it's in Oklahoma thing.

[@RhettyforHistory]

You could be right on that. Part of that is I don't like being told how I need to look at something. Maybe that is an Oklahoma think. But at least I got to walk along on my own rather than with 20 people. Thank you for watching!

[@scoobydoodle5473]

I love cookies!

[@RhettyforHistory]

Thanks for watching Scooby!

[@johnlaforte700]

That was one bad A town in the 1880’s

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes it was. Rough and dangerous to say the least. Thank you for watching!

[@sandysizemore501]

Are the markers original? I wonder.

[@RhettyforHistory]

No, not at all. This cemetery was completely dilapidated and the very first grave I covered is a man who sort of led the effort in the restoration. Thank you for watching Sandy.

[@howardcoursey7105]

Was there 8/4/21.

[@RhettyforHistory]

That was a couple months before me. Thank you for watching Howard!

[@raygreen257]

In order to attract tourists, some of the Boot Hill grave sites are falsely marked, and fictitious claims of burials have been made by the cemetery's various operators over the years. Lester Moore, with the famous epitaph "Here lies Lester Moore, Four slugs from a .44, No Les No more." Lester Moore was purportedly a Wells, Fargo & Co. station agent in the border town of Naco who died in a shootout with Hank Dunstan over a mangled package. There was never anyone named Lester Moore who was killed in Arizona Territory,] and there is no evidence to indicate where Dunstan (who also died in the purported shootout) was buried.John Heath, accused of organizing the robbery that led to the 1883 Bisbee massacre, has a grave marker near the grave of the five perpetrators of the massacre.John Heath was arrested and convicted, and was later removed by a mob from the Tombstone jail and lynched on February 22, 1884. However, he was not buried in Boothill Cemetery; his body was returned to his estranged wife in Terrell, Texas, and was buried there in Oakland Cemetery.Thomas Harper is another badman supposedly buried in Boothill Cemetery He was a friend of Curly Bill Brocius and was hanged for murder by Sheriff Bob Paul in Tucson on July 8, 1881.Harper was buried in Tucson, not in Tombstone.Federico Duran, spelled as "Fiderico Doran" on the grave marker, who was claimed to have been killed by Sheriff John Slaughter after the Agua Zarca train robbery in 1888. In fact, Duran and train robber Jack Taylor were executed by firing squad in Guaymas, Mexico in December 1889. Slaughter had nothing to do with their deaths and Duran was not buried in Tombstone.

[@Thecorgially]

Some real, some imaginary but old west for sure.

[@janetslicer3637]

The years 1881 and 1882 were busy years in that cemetery. Wish you had shown us the old Jewish cemetery and memorials. I would have liked to have see that. Shucks! 😶

[@RhettyforHistory]

Those were busy years for sure. I was limited on time but I think I will be back there next year. Thank you for watching Janet!

[@dano8203]

For some who lived by the gun they also died by it as indicated on the markers.

[@nadiazahroon6573]

If any one has ancestry access look these people up. Hope you are doing well.

[@RhettyforHistory]

I'm doing good and I hope you are as well. Thank you for watching Nadia!

[@Ghostgetter]

Shot by John Ringo. Isn't that Johnny Ringo. The one Doc Holiday killed in Tombstone? Was the leader of the red sash gang?

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yes that is the Johnny Ringo but we don't know who killed Ringo. He was found up against an Oak Tree with a bullet wound in his head. It's been debated forever and most seem to taketh movie Tombstone as fact. Thank you for watching!

[@Ghostgetter]

@@RhettyforHistory I did read recently was anything in the movie actuate and they did say the words doc used in the movie where true and wasn't made up. Not sure about the other stuff. It's been a dream of mine to go to tombstone my entire life. One day you should go to Gettysburg cemetery. You would love it.

[@jjohnson71958]

them boards need to be painted white again

[@RhettyforHistory]

Yeah it looked like it was time for a little maintenance again. Thank you for watching.