Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park is a state park of Arizona in the United States. Located in Tombstone, the park preserves the original Cochise County courthouse. The two-story building, constructed in 1882 in the Victorian style, is laid out in the shape of a cross and once contained various county offices, including those of the sheriff, recorder, treasurer, and the Board of Supervisors as well as courtrooms and a jail. Inside, the courthouse contains a museum with numerous artifacts from the town’s history while outside, a replica gallows has been constructed in the courtyard to mark the spot where seven men were hanged for various crimes. The park was one of the first to be designated as a state park and in 1959 was the first to open following the 1957 establishment of the Arizona State Parks Board.
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Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park is a state park of Arizona in the United States. Located in Tombstone, the park preserves the original Cochise County courthouse. The two-story building, constructed in 1882 in the Victorian style, is laid out in the shape of a cross and once contained various county offices, including those of the sheriff, recorder, treasurer, and the Board of Supervisors as well as courtrooms and a jail. Inside, the courthouse contains a museum with numerous artifacts from the town’s history while outside, a replica gallows has been constructed in the courtyard to mark the spot where seven men were hanged for various crimes. The park was one of the first to be designated as a state park and in 1959 was the first to open following the 1957 establishment of the Arizona State Parks Board.
Nearby Parks
The West’s Wildest Mining Town
Park Rules
If you’re having a great time here, don’t forget
to visit one of the two nearby state parks!
Kartchner Caverns State Park (29-miles)
“Arizona’s Best Attraction” as voted by USA
Today’s 2017 reader’s poll, this hidden jewel
features cave formations found nowhere
else in the world. Take the Throne Room tour
and see the five-story formation Kubla Khan!
(520) 586-4100
Patagonia Lake State Park/Sonoita Creek
State Natural Area (61-miles) Tucked away
in the rolling hills of southeastern Arizona is a
hidden treasure. This is an ideal place to find
whitetail deer roaming the hills and great blue
herons walking the shoreline. The park offers a
campground, beach, picnic area with ramadas,
tables and grills, a creek trail, boat ramps, and
a marina. (520) 287-6965
Tombstone owes its beginnings to Ed
Schieffelin, who prospected the nearby hills
in 1877. Friends warned him that all he would
find would be his tombstone. But instead of
a Chiricahua Apache bullet, he found silver –
ledges of it – and the rush was on.
General Rules
• Do not litter! “Leave no trace” and pack
out what you bring in, or use the trash
receptacles provided in the park.
• Drive your vehicle only on designated
paved surfaces. Park only in designated
parking areas. Do not park on the side of
the road.
• Stay on designated trails. Cutting trails
degrades habitat and harms the landscape.
• Do not use glass containers in the park.
• All of our parks adhere to firearm and
hunting regulations. Please familiarize
yourself with this information.
Pets
• Please keep non-service animals out of
park buildings.
• Keep your pets on a maximum six-foot
leash at all times. Pets must be attended at
all times.
• Pick up after your pet.
• For additional information related to pets,
visit our website or ask park staff.
The rules of this park are not
limited to the rules listed above.
Additional park rules may be found at
azstateparks.com.
Established 1957
Tombstone Courthouse
State Historic Park
TOMBSTONE
COURTHOUSE
STATE HISTORIC PARK
01/22
Step into the past at Tombstone Courthouse
State Historic Park. Built in the shape of a
Roman cross, the two-story 1882 Victorian
structure once housed the Cochise County
offices of th e sh eriff, rec order, tre asurer,
the jail, courtrooms, and the board of
supervisors. Today, the old county courthouse
is a 12,000 square-foot museum filled with the
memorabilia of those who tamed the territory.
Huge rooms inside the old courthouse feature
exhibits chronicling Tombstone’s colorful
frontier history, from Geronimo and the silver
mining days to the O.K. Corral gun battle, and
the stories of Tombstone’s unique but no less
notorious citizens.
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Tombstone Attractions
Boothill Cemetery: Laid out in 1879 by the
Tombstone Townsite Company, this original
graveyard is just off Hwy 80 West, where many
of Tombstone’s earliest pioneers were laid to
rest. The name Boot Hill comes from the fact
that many of these graves were filled with
people that died suddenly or violently with
their boots on! Some two hundred fifty known
people were buried in Boot Hill, before it
officially closed its doors in 1884. Today, Boot
Hill is a favorite stop for Tombstone toursts. It’s
located on Hwy 80 in Tombstone, AZ.
O.K. Corral and Historama: World-famous
site of the 1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral®
in Tombstone, AZ. Enjoy daily reenactments
of the famous Gunfight at 2 pm, with Wyatt
Earp and Doc Holliday. Life-sized animated
figures of the gunfighters are located on the
very spot where the Gunfight began. Visit
our four museums. See Doc Holliday’s room
and admire over 100 of C.S. Fly’s photos of
1880s Tombstone and the Apache Geronimo.
Actor Vincent Price tells Tombstone’s story
in Tombstone’s Historama. Handicapped
accessible. Admission. Kids under 6 free.
Crystal Palace Saloon: Originally known
as the Golden Eagle Brewing Company, this
establishment was one of early Tombstone’s
first saloons. It occupied just a small lot of about
50 by 30 feet while the brewery was in another
structure to the rear. Named after its builder,
Benjamin Wehrfritz, the Wehrfritz Building
was expanded by adding a second story to
house the offices for such notables as U.S.
Deputy Marshal Virgil Earp, attorney George
W. Berry, and Dr. George E. Goodfellow. It is
even known that “Buckskin” Frank Leslie was a
night watchman here for a short time.
Museum and Exhibits
The museum in the courthouse has interpretive
exhibits on the history of Tombstone and
Cochise County, including a period sheriff’s
office, artist drawings and interpretations of
the gunfight at the OK Corral, Wyatt Earp,
mining exhibit area, saloon and gaming room,
and courtroom, ranching, and residents of
Tombstone.
Outside in the courtyard is a reproduction of
the gallow
