BOOTHILL GRAVEYARD, TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA
We visited Tombstone during a coach tour of Arizona and New Mexico in 2013. Of course we took the opportunity to visit some famous graveyards!
Joseph Ziegler - murdered in 1882.
Ben Olleney - shot by Chacon.
May Doody - died of Diphtheria in 1881.
John King - committed suicide in 1881.
Holo Lucero - killed by Indians in 1882.
Rook - shot by a Chinaman.
Seymour Dye - killed by Indians in 1882.
Teamster - killed by Apaches in 1881.
Bill Delaney - hanged in 1884.
Tex Howard - hanged in 1884.
Dan Doyd, Red Sample, Tex Howard, Bill Delaney and Dan Kelly - legally hanged in March 1884.
John Heath - lynched by Bisbee Mob in February 1884.
Jasper Von - shot in 1882.
Kansas Kid - killed in a stampede.
Delia William - committed suicide in 1881.
Daniel Owyer - drowned in 1881.
Six-shooted Jim - shot by Burt Alvord in 1885.
Mrs Ah Lum (China Mary) - died in 1906 aged 67.
Two Chinese.
Mike Noonan - killed by Indians in 1888.
Stinging Lizard - shot by Cherokee Hall.
Killeen - shot by Frank Leslie.
Van Houten - murdered in 1879.
Billy Clanton, Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury - murdered in 1881.
Frank McLaury - killed October 26th 1881.
Tom McLaury - killed October 26th 1881.
Billy Clanton - killed October 26th 1881.
Dutch Annie - 1883.
M. E. Kellogg - died a natural death in 1882.
Mead - a sudden death in 1881.
Unknown - found in an abandoned mine in 1882.
Rodriguez - stabbed in 1882.
Newman Haynes "Old Man Clinton" - killed August 1881.
SANTA FE - NEW MEXICO
Rosario Cemetery - we walked here from the plaza despite the heat - what dedication!
Aged 109.
Aged 103.
A memorial to a Los Angeles Lakers supporter.
The Santa Fe National Cemetery is next door to the Rosario Cemetery.
TAOS - NEW MEXICO
This cemetery was only a short distance from the centre of town so we walked here rather than doing any more shopping.
Kit Carson was a American frontiersman and Indian fighter who became a General without being able to read or write.
This is the first grave we have seen of somebody who was born on the Azores.
Martin Nicholson - Daventry, United Kingdom.
This page was last updated on October 11th 2013.