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Historic sites in Arizona

18 Arizona dossiers sit on ground the record itself recognizes — registered, marked or preserved sites carrying a second file under the plaque. The history is the strong suit here: what the marker says, what the sources confirm and what the legend added afterward. Claims are reported, not endorsed.

18 dossiers0 counties covered94% open to visitorsFort Bowie — deepest file

Also filed historic site:California49 New York36 Pennsylvania34 Florida29 Alaska25 Michigan18 Texas18 U.S. Virgin Islands15

Other Arizona shelves:standing files84 natural sites3

Fort Bowie

The Apache Pass fort—ruins at the center of the Apache Wars.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Bird Cage Theatre

Tombstone, Arizona

"Wildest, wickedest night spot" of the boomtown era—140 bullet holes in the walls.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Two Guns

Two Guns, Arizona

The Route 66 ruin with the Apache Death Cave.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Yuma Territorial Prison

The desert prison where inmates built their own cells—and the "dark cell."

2 claims · 1 legend→

Former Mine Site

Vulture Mine

Wickenburg, Arizona

1863 gold mine whose hanging tree fed a camp of 5,000.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Ruby

Arizona’s best-preserved mining ghost town—and its double murder.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Schieffelin Hall

Tombstone, Arizona

Tombstone’s 1881 theater—the West’s largest adobe building and its ghosts.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Crystal Palace Saloon

Tombstone, Arizona

The 1879 saloon that outlasted the gunfight—and kept its ghosts.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Mission San Xavier del Bac

Tucson, Arizona

The "White Dove of the Desert"—the 1797 mission still serving the Tohono O'odham.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Verde

Camp Verde, Arizona

The 1865 fort that anchored the Verde Valley campaigns.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Apache

Fort Apache, Arizona

The 1870 post at the heart of the White Mountain Apache wars.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Lowell

Tucson, Arizona

The 1873 fort whose ruins dot a Tucson neighborhood.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Huachuca

Sierra Vista, Arizona

The 1877 fort still active—the Buffalo Soldiers’ Arizona post.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Boothill Graveyard

Tombstone, Arizona

1878 cemetery of the boomtown’s gunfighters, outlaws and quick deaths.

O.K. Corral

Tombstone, Arizona

The 1881 gunfight site—30 seconds that made Tombstone.

Historic District

Tombstone Historic District

Tombstone, Arizona

"The Town Too Tough to Die"—the whole district is the attraction.

Incarceration Site

Poston Relocation Center — Unit I

Parker, Arizona

Surviving school complex and memorial of Poston incarceration camp.

Fairbank

Fairbank, Arizona

Preserved San Pedro River railroad townsite.

Full Arizona record → state index· Every historic site filing → status shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive