Known as Goose Flats back then, a town site was situated near the mines in 1879 and was named Tombstone due to the first claim of silver mining by Ed Schiefflelin. The popular in Tombstone increased to approximately 7,500 by the mid-1880s.

Tombstone is a historic city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States, founded in 1877 by prospector Ed Schieffelin in what was then Pima County, Arizona Territory. It became one of the last boomtowns in the American frontier.

Tombstone, Arizona is often called the most famous of Arizona’s old mining camps. Its rich and colorful history began when the southeast region of Arizona was acquired from Mexico by the Gadsden Purchase on December 30, 1853.

On October 26, 1881, the Earp brothers face off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. The Clantons and McLaurys were cowboys who lived on a ranch outside of town and sidelined as cattle rustlers, thieves and murderers.

Add the person’s nickname to the headstone. Below the full name, add the person’s nickname (if there is one) in quotation marks or italic. If the person used “Bob” instead of his real name “Robert,” include both names on the headstone.

Headstone engraving costs an average of about $20 per letter for inscriptions up to 20 or 30 letters in length. Additional lettering often costs less–around $10 per character. If you order a standard headstone with your loved one’s name, birth date, and death date, the cost will average around $500.

Depending on the shape and size you go with, a ceramic headstone photo could cost anywhere from $100 to $350.

Monuments. Monuments generally consist of three parts: the foundation, base and tablet. Since they are much larger than a gravestone, you can generally inscribe many more names, epitaphs and terms of endearment. Some cemeteries permit double or quad monuments when the family has two or four adjoining graves.

Inscriptions must be simple, reverent and theologically acceptable; they may include appropriate quotations from the Scriptures or literary sources. Nicknames or pet names may be used in addition to baptismal names; they should, however, normally be included in inverted commas within the name of the deceased.

The most common title that you see on tombstones is “Dr.” Of course, most people think of physicians, but there are multiple ways to obtain the appellation “Dr.,” so let’s see if we can more specifically identify some of these in the cemetery. Dr. Dr.