Tombstone Arizona Uncovered: The Bird Cage Theatre

This episode we uncover the unique history of Tombstone, Arizona. The Town too tough to die!

Tombstone, Arizona has become synonymous with Wyatt Earp but there is more to it's history than just the violent gunfights between the Earps and the Cowboys. We take you back to 1877 where a silver miner named Ed Schieffelin was warned that all he would find was his Tombstone. He later discovered a rich vein of silver where he named his mine, "the Tombstone," and by 1879, a town was born.

We then take you into the infamous Bird Cage Theatre for a behind the scenes tour and even a ghost hunt. After all it is one of the most haunted places in Tombstone as it gained a reputation as one of the wickedest theaters between New Orleans and San Francisco. Legend has it that in its eight years of being operated continuously (24 hours a day/365 days a year) that 26 people were killed in the Bird Cage Theatre. Over 140 bullet holes still remain in the building!

In 1887 the town suffered a devastating blow from a massive earthquake that shifted the water table. As a result many of the mines were abandoned and all but destroyed Tombstone. Today, Tombstone is a major tourist attraction filled with unique history, tales of violence, and riches to be found.

#Tombstone #Arizona #WyattEarp #WildWest
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Sources:

December 1980 Special Paper No. 3 "The 1887 Earthquake in San Bernardino Valley, Sonora: Historic accounts and intensity patterns in Arizona" by Susan M. DuBois and Ann W. Smith published by the State of Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology and the University of Arizona.

[RonFProspecting]

Awesome video! Its nice to see history like that preserved. Thanks for sharing

[GSProspecting]

great video fam. thank's for sharing. GOLD SQUAD OUT!!!

[cvoyager]

you guys are a national treasure, seriously.

[theasylumwithmarkmiller]

Great History Lesson...Thank You Both...

[prospectorgil]

Merry Christmas to you and your family.. Great video.. History is so pretty cool 😎. Thank you for sharing!! See you soon 🤠

[gooberclown]

There was, some years back, an awesome ghost photo of the hearse, in the basement of the Birdcage theatre, but I can no longer find it on the Internet. It showed a human face behind the hearse itself and it was really an eerie photo, with life like flesh tones.

[davidvilla]

lOVED going back in time, great narration you two.Visited Tombstone many times since I was born in Arizona .Great Job

[trevorwhat]

Really love the history stuff, especially mining history. Thanks for putting this together!

[s.d.iprospecting]

Love Tombstone I spent a few weekends there during my OTR Trucking days.

[Shawnndaccount]

Awesome your literally in my back yard well technically my front yard!

[FlashInYourPan]

Very good Job on this Shad and Kathleen, I really enjoyed it! You do great work, my friends! Happy Holidays!

[MichaelJohnson-uxpe]

Glad to see that you guys are ok it's been awhile since your last video and yes I know that this has been a heck of a 2020, this video was very interesting nice job you two 👍

[cobracorporal]

I actually went to Tombstone, Arizona on *December 7th, 2021*

And I saw the Bird Cage theater and Boothill Cemetery

[nynut]

Can't wait to get back to AZ ... gonna harass scott and Manny lol 🤣 when are you guys going back

[WyattKahoaliiAiu]

That’s where my first name comes in because my first name is Wyatt and I was named after a lawman Outlaw and hero and the fast Gun man in the Wild West and my name was a U.S Marshal as well and so I’m named after a lawman (U.S Marshal) Outlaw the person that stopped all the Cowboys by killing them and so I am named after Wyatt Earp and I was given that name Wyatt when I was a baby and it’s my first name and when I go to Knott’s Berry Farm I’m just gonna use my first name at Knott’s Berry Farm

[richardmiranda]

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