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HERITAGE & CULTURE WESTERN EXPERIENCE Photography clockwise: Bisbee by Carter Allen Trail Dust Town by Gill C. Kenny or visit Rose Tree Museum. Tour the dusty streets by stagecoach and pull up a stool at popular watering holes of the past, such as Crystal Palace Saloon, Big Nose Kate’s Saloon, and Bird Cage Theatre. y BISBEE, AZ 520-432-3554, 866-224-7233, off AZ Hwy. 80. Hours and attraction prices vary. Call for information. Allow a full day. Bisbee Visitor Center has self-guided walking tour maps of Old Bisbee’s Main Street and notorious Brewery Gulch. MORE WESTERN ADVENTURES HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN COWBOY The Old West was once alive in Southern Arizona. Tombstone, the site of the lengendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, is one of Arizona’s most popular attractions. Countless Hollywood movies have been filmed here. Reminders of the untamed frontier—the railroad depots, mines, saloons, jails, gunslingers, and dance-hall singers—can be found throughout Southern Arizona. Map codes and coordinates correspond to Tucson City Map unless otherwise noted. Colossal Cave Mountain Park Located off I-10 at exit 279, Vail, AZ. Park admission: $5/car. Cave tours: $8.50/adult, $5/child 6–12, under 6 free. This crystalfilled cave was once a hideout for train robbers and other bandits. Today, it’s popular with families and geology buffs. Call 647-7275. 2) SO. AZ MAP Graham County Historical Society Located off AZ Hwy. 70, Thatcher, AZ. Free. See how Graham County developed from earliest prehistoric times to pioneer days of ranching and farming. Displays include artifacts, historic clothing, toys, period rooms, and many antique photographs and documents. Call 928-348-0470. 3^ SO. AZ MAP Marana Stockyards & Livestock Market Located off I-10 at exit 236, Marana, AZ. Free view Thursdays only. Arizona’s largest livestock auction. This 14-acre facility can hold up to 3,200 head of cattle and horses. Call 682-4400. More Southern Arizona excursions can be found online at www.visitTucson.org/daytrips. ROBERT GARCIA TUCSON TERRITORY OLD TUCSON STUDIOS 883-0100, 201 S. Kinney Rd., west of Tucson. Call for details on prices, hours, and shows. Allow 2–4 hours. TRAIL DUST TOWN 296-5442, 6541 E. Tanque Verde Rd., east Tucson. Old Tucson Studios is a theme park and working movie set. Originally built for the 1939 Western epic Arizona, it features a reconstruction of an 1880s frontier town with period townsfolk. y 5@ C-11 ROBERT GARCIA Browse through the quaint shops and take the family on the carousel or steam-engine ride at this re-creation of a lively frontier town. Watch a Wild West shoot-out and grab a bite to eat. 8$ S-12 THE WEST RELIVED BENSON, AZ 520-586-4293, at the junction of I-10 and AZ Hwy. 80. Old Tucson Founded as a railroad town in 1880, Benson was this region’s transportation hub until 1910. Its lifeblood was the copper and silver flowing from neighboring mining communities. While Benson’s past is preserved in its historic downtown and replicated train depot, today it is best known as the home of Kartchner Caverns State Park. TOMBSTONE, AZ 520-457-3929, off AZ Hwy. 80, between Benson and Bisbee. Allow 3–5 hours. Tombstone ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM 628-5774, 949 E. 2nd St., central Tucson. $5/adult, $4/senior and student 12–18, under 12 free. Mon.–Sat. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Allow 1–2 hours. Arizona’s oldest historical museum traces the history of the area from Spanish Colonial through Territorial times. Full-scale exhibits include an underground mine tunnel and rooms decorated in Territorial style. E M-12 WWW.VISITTUCSON.ORG Learn Wild West history at Tombstone Courthouse State Park and at Tombstone’s Historama. See daily re-enactments of the shoot-out at O.K. Corral and other live action at Helldorado Amphitheater and SixGun City. See gunfighters’ graves and unusual tombstones at Boothill Graveyard, PG. 77 MORE WESTERN EXPERIENCE TUCSON OFFICIAL DESTINATION GUIDE 59 http://www.visitTucson.org/daytrips http://www.visittucson.org

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