Boothill Graveyard
Boothill served as Tombstone's main burial ground from about 1879 to 1884 and is likely the most famous Wild West cemetery in the world, holding the graves of lawmen, outlaws, gamblers, women, and children, including Billy Clanton and Tom and Frank McLaury, killed in the O.K. Corral gunfight of October 1881. The name comes from the many residents who died with their boots on in gunfights, hangings, and frontier violence. Visitors and ghost hunters routinely report whispering voices, cold spots, unexplained lights, shadow figures, and a sense of being watched among the weathered markers. Legend says Billy Clanton's spirit rises from his grave and walks back toward town at night. Boothill is also known for producing an unusual number of ghost photographs, with people claiming to capture transparent figures and faces in the shadows. It is open daily as a historic site with an adjoining gift shop.
📍 408 N Highway 80, Tombstone, AZ 85638, Tombstone, AZ · Get directions