The Ghost towns of the San Pedro River - Motorized

The Cochise County "ghost" towns of Tombstone and Bisbee are fantastic tourist destination spots. In both towns, tourists are regularly regaled with stories about how the discovery of silver at Goose Flats by Ed Schieffelin in 1879 briefly made Tombstone Arizona's largest, most prosperous and rowdy city and how, not long afterward, the discovery of copper by Jack Dunn at Apache Springs briefly made Bisbee Arizona's largest, most prosperous and rowdy city.

This motorized tour will take tour participants to three separate locations, each of which will feature short walks / hikes, where tour participants will see the preserved remains of these towns. At Millville, tour participants will, also, see Indian petroglyphs dating back into the 15th century.

In addition, tour participants will visit the Arizona equivalent of the lovers' lock bridge, learn about the Battle of the Bulls, the ranch where the Clanton family holed up and the cabin where the Brunckow murders took place. On the way back to Bisbee, tour participants make a quick stop at the Ed Schieffelin Monument and learn the true story about the man who founded the "Town Too Tough To Die".

Tours will be conducted by knowledgeable historians of the Southwest, who will bring the historical context of these sites together and regale you with stories about the colorful lives and pursuits of the people who lived here. Tour participants will soon learn that there is a lot more to this part of the state than the Earp brothers and the gunfight at the OK Corral.