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Although many towns use the name "Boot Hill", the first graveyard named "Boot Hill" was at Hays, Kansas, five years before the founding of Dodge City, Kansas. [1] The meaning of why cemeteries were called "Boot Hills" has been lost, but there are three plausible reasons.
Entrance to Boot Hill Museum Shops on the west end of the "town" portion of the museum Shops in the east end of the "town" portion of the museum. Boot Hill Museum is an American historical museum located in Dodge City, Kansas. [1] A non-profit entity, the mission of the museum is to preserve the history of the Old West with emphasis on Dodge ...
Boothill Graveyard is a small graveyard of at least 250 interments located in Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona. [2] Also known as the "Old City Cemetery", the graveyard was used after 1883 only to bury outlaws and a few others. It had a separate Jewish cemetery, which is nearby. [3] "Boot Hill" refers to the number of men who died with their ...
One of the state's most famous cemeteries, Boothill Graveyard opened in 1878 and closed a short six years later. Originally named the Tombstone Cemetery, it holds famous gunslingers and many ...
Dodge City retains some of the essence of its frontier-town history. The Boot Hill Museum is the town's must-see, with 60,000 artifacts, a variety show at the recreated Long Branch Saloon, and ...
Pages in category "Boot Hill cemeteries" ... Boot Hill Museum; Boothill Cemetery (Billings, Montana) D. Dodge City, Kansas; L.
Boot Hill Graveyard – The graveyard was established in 1878 as the Tombstone Cemetery and is located at 408 Arizona State Route 80. [ 33 ] The graves of Billy Clanton , Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury members of the Cochise County Cowboys who died in the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
Description: File name: 06_10_013851a Title: Boot Hill Cemetery, 'Toothless Nell', Dodge City, Kansas Created/Published: Nationwide Specialty Co., Arlington, Texas Date issued: 1930 - 1945 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. Genre: Postcards Notes: Title from item.