Dennis and Judy Travels: Fort Huachucha, Tombstone, Bisbee and Chiricahua Mountains

We arrived in the Ft. Huachucha, Tombstone Arizona area on February 1st. From Yuma we travelled via I-10 East thru Phoenix and Tucson then south to the Tombstone (Cochise County) area. It's located in the Sonoran desert at about 4200 feet above sea level. Arid and wide open desert with mountain ranges surrounding the RV park. We are about 20 miles north of the Mexican border, with a Border Patrol Checkpoint approximately 8 miles from our RV park.

Fort Huachucha Memorial in front

of the Buffalo Soldiers Museum at

the Army Base.

The term Buffalo Soldiers was given the African American troops that were assigned to Fort Huachucha by the Indians. The soldiers were commanded by General Pershing and were exceptional and heroic in their duty.

A windshield view of two A-10 Warthog aircraft
practicing landing approaches near the Ft. Huachucha
Army base. You can enlarge by clicking pix
or right click on pix and then open link.

Betty Steve and Dennis

in front of the Ft Huachucha Museum

BootHill Graveyard

just outside of Tombstone.

Interesting Epitaph at BootHill.

The Clantons were Wyatt Earps
conquest. Today a Grandson of Clanton
still works the streets of Tombstone in
the recreation of the famous OK Corral
Shootout.

A sign posted outside a Tombstone
business.

Tombstone Street Troubadours

Virgil Earp with his famous shotgun
walking the Tombstone streets
in the late 1880's. He could be
considered tougher than his brother
Wyatt. Like all of the Earp brothers,
they were all U S Marshalls.

The Earp Brothers from left to right with
Doc Holliday on the right

Are these Wyatt's or Virgil's Boots?

Daryl and his other brother Daryl

staying clear of the Earps!

The OK Corral Shootout reinacted

with about thirty shots fired in thirty seconds. Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne ran from the fight, unharmed. Frank and Tom McLaury and Billy Clanton were killed; Morgan Earp, Virgil Earp, and Doc Holliday were wounded and survived.

This occurred in October 1881.