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Where Was The Tombstone Jail?

by | Jan 17, 2017 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

Where was the Tombstone jail? Dave Snell Tucson, Arizona The Tombstone jail was the Cochise County jail, but not the one in the classic courthouse, built in 1882, that is now a state park and museum. The jail was a wooden structure on 6th Street, 20 feet by 20 feet, nailed together by two-by-four lumber. One door connected it to the jailer’s office. Wyatt Earp and “Doc” Holliday spent some time there during Judge Wells Spicer’s hearing following the “Street Fight” behind the O.


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