We decided to stay in AZ for Spring Break this year and find some interesting things to do.
We visited Tombstone to see the sight of the famous gun fight between the Clanton/ Mc Lowry gang and the Earp brothers. I guess the reason it was famous was because Wyatt Earp was already well known for upholding the law in Kansas City, and during this gun fight where two men died and 3 more were injured at such close range, he didn't receive a scratch. 
There is also a conspiracy theory that one of the men who was killed wasn't armed, and that the Earp brothers were "hired" by the local politicians to clean up the "undesirable" cowboys who had a hard time obeying the law. Guns were prohibited from being within the city limits unless you were employed by the law, which the Earp brothers were. There was a lot to see of the history. Most of the original buildings are privately owned now and the owners have to make a living. Just walking inside some buildings requires a fee.
There is also a conspiracy theory that one of the men who was killed wasn't armed, and that the Earp brothers were "hired" by the local politicians to clean up the "undesirable" cowboys who had a hard time obeying the law. Guns were prohibited from being within the city limits unless you were employed by the law, which the Earp brothers were. There was a lot to see of the history. Most of the original buildings are privately owned now and the owners have to make a living. Just walking inside some buildings requires a fee. Here we are standing outside one of the original buildings that has been restored after nearly the entire block had been destroyed by fire twice. This bar used to be 3 times bigger and had a fountain in the middle of it. It was the "the" place to stay in it's hey day when the booming mining town of Tombstone was the county seat. 
Colorful characters roaming down the boardwalk of the main street in Tombstone. This macaw belonged to a biker that was visiting with his Harley group.
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