Editing Tombstone, Arizona (section)

===Fires===
[[File:Tombstone fire 1882.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|After the May 25, 1882, fire, the only remnant of the [[O.K. Corral (building)|O.K. Corral]] was its sign. The blaze destroyed most of the western half of the business district. ]]
[[File:Tombstone SW01.jpg|thumb|Re-construction of Fly's Studio and entrance to OK Corral]]

Due to poor building practices and poor fire protection common to boomtown construction, Tombstone was hit by two major fires. On June 22, 1881, the first fire destroyed the 66 businesses making up the eastern half of the business district. The fire began when a lit cigar ignited a barrel of whiskey in the Arcade Saloon.<ref>{{cite web| title=Tombstone, Arizona| url=http://www.thewildwest.org/cowboys/wildwestwesternfacts/265-tombstonearizona| publisher=The Wild West| access-date=May 25, 2011| archive-date=September 28, 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928212013/http://www.thewildwest.org/cowboys/wildwestwesternfacts/265-tombstonearizona| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=eppinga>{{cite web| last=Eppinga| first=Jane| title=Tombstone: Fighting frontier fires| date=November 25, 2009| url=http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2009/11/25/tombstone-fighting-frontier-fires/| publisher=AzCapitalTimes.com| access-date=May 25, 2011}}</ref>

On May 25, 1882, another, more destructive fire started in a Chinese laundry on Fifth Street between Toughnut and Allen Streets. It destroyed the Grand Hotel and the Tivoli Saloon before it jumped Fremont Street, destroying more than 100 businesses and most of the business district. Lacking enough water to put out the flames, buildings in the fire's path were dynamited to deny the fire fuel. Total damages were estimated to be $700,000, far more than the estimated $250,000 insurance coverage, but rebuilding started right away, nonetheless.<ref name=eppinga/><ref name="desert"/>

In March 1883, along one short stretch of Allen Street, drinking establishments were available in two of the principal hotels, Eagle Brewery, Cancan Chop-House, French Rotisserie, Alhambra, Maison Dore, City of Paris, Brown's Saloon, Fashion Saloon, Miners' Home, Kelly's Wine-House, the Grotto, the Tivoli, and two more unnamed saloons.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bishop |first=William H. |title=A Traveler in Tombstone |url=http://www.discoverseaz.com/History/Tombstone_Bishop.html |work=Across Arizona |publisher=Harper's Magazine |access-date=May 5, 2011 |date=March 1883 |archive-date=June 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623140359/http://discoverseaz.com/History/Tombstone_Bishop.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>