Tombstone, AZ
Attractions, Stories and Features

Several of the saloons in Tombstone offer live music on weekends, and most can accommodate dancing. There are a number of gunfight shows in town,  stagecoach and wagon tours, and a city park.

Stroll down to the Boot Hill Cemetery and see how the old time cowboys lived and died in Tombstone. Then make your way to Allen Street and the rest of Tombstone, where the Wild West comes alive again. From the Birdcage Theater to the OK Corral.

Gallery added to The Wyatt Earp home

Tombstone Courthouse State Park Hosts Lighting of the Luminarias

The Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park, Tombstone Restoration Commission and the Friends of the Courthouse will celebrate the Annual Lighting of the Luminarias on Friday, December 11.

The Courthouse will close at 5:00 pm when carolers will sing outside at 5:45 pm and then the park will reopen at 6:00 pm. A donation of a non-perishable food item for the Tombstone Food Bank would be appreciated to participate.

Visitors will be greeted by the Victorian age music and carols and the Old Arizona Brass Band will play selected seasonal melodies in the West Wing.   The Valley Union High School choir will sing carols of the period in the main hall.

The Tombstone Restoration Commission is providing scrumptious finger foods, sweets, and beverages of the season while supplies last.  The Friends of the Courthouse will be conducting a fund raising raffle with $2.00 tickets for one or six tickets for $10.00 to win the Holiday baskets, but ticket holders must be present to win.

The Mexican tradition evolved from 16th century Spanish missionaries lighting bonfires along the roads and churchyards to guide people to Midnight Mass on the final night of the celebration of Las Posadas.  The Las Posadas (lodging or inn) uses luminarias or farolitos, depending on your tradition, as a way of symbolically lighting the path for Mary and Joseph on their procession to find shelter. To honor this historic tradition, and ring in the festive holiday season, volunteers will help place about 125 small brown paper sacks filled with sand and a candle on the portico, front and side walls of the Courthouse property for this special event.

Please come and enjoy the volunteer's gift to the community and share the warmth and good cheer with the volunteers.   Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park is located at the corner of 3rd and Toughnut Streets in Tombstone, Arizona. The park is just 2 blocks south of Highway 80 on 3rd Street.

For more information about this event call (520) 457-3311.

Most State Parks are open, however hours may have changed, so be sure to check the website before you leave for a State Park.  For information about the State Parks see the calendar of events at www.azstateparks.com or call the State Parks main office at 602-542-4174 (long distance 800-285-3703). Arizona State Parks mission is managing and conserving Arizona's natural, cultural and recreational resources for the benefit of the people, both in our Parks and through our Partnerships.