The Bisbee massacre occurred in Bisbee, Arizona, on December 8, 1883, when six outlaws who were part of the Cochise County Cowboys robbed a general store. Believing the general store's safe contained a mining payroll of $7,000, they timed the robbery incorrectly and were only able to steal between $800 and $3,000, along with a gold watch and jewelry. During the robbery, members of the gang killed five people, including a lawman and a pregnant woman. Six men were convicted of the robbery and murders. John Heath, who was accused of organizing the robbery, was tried separately and sentenced to life in prison. The other five men were convicted of murder and sentenced to hang.
Grave marker in 1940 in the Tombstone Boothill Graveyard for the five outlaws executed for the Bisbee Massacre
The Letson Loft Hotel (Letson Loft Block) located on 26 Main Street was where the Goldwater–Castaneda Mercantile Store was originally located. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 1980, as part of the Bisbee Historic District, reference#80004487.
The lynching of John Heath on February 22, 1884
The grave marker for John Heath at the Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona
Boot Hill, or Boothill, is the given name of many cemeteries, chiefly in the Western United States. During the 19th and early 20th century it was a common name for the burial grounds of gunfighters, or those who "died with their boots on".
Tombstone, Arizona's Boothill Graveyard in 2009
Tomb at Boot Hill Cemetery in Dodge City, Kansas
The entrance to Boothill Graveyard 31°43′12″N 110°04′13″W / 31.720000°N 110.070278°W / 31.720000; -110.070278 (Site of Boot Hill Cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona)
Graves of Billy Clanton and the McLaury brothers
