Boothill cemetery is an actual graveyard, although the location of the gunslingers, thieves, murderers, and prostitutes who took a permanent dirt nap there is unknown. After 1884, many residents moved their loved ones to a new cemetery, leaving the unwanted alone. We toured the gravel heap with a brochure and paused to read the often humorous and politically incorrect epitaphs with a smile. Then we had a steak dinner and wandered the dusty streets and saloons.
Follow our boots…
It’s a lonely and barren place when there aren’t many tourists around.
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Quirky place!
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It looks like a fun place to visit although it’s a little dark humor.
Very unique cemetery!
Sad to read about Johnson though, shot by mistake!
I couldn’t help but chuckle at the epitaph you shared, “HERE LIES GEORGE JOHNSON HANGED BY MISTAKE 1982.” It’s a stark reminder of how justice could sometimes be a bit rough around the edges back then. Thank you for sharing your adventure in Boothill cemetery; it sounds like quite the experience!
Ghost towns are fascinating. That’s quite the cemetery.
The cemetery is on my bucket list. I didn’t know that the respectable people moved their loved ones to somewhere else. I love the tombstones.
Hanged by mistake. What a way to go!
Cool.