In his final will, Ed Schieffelin, founder of Tombstone, asked that his body be brought back to Tombstone from Oregon after he had struck it rich and made millions. His body was to be dressed in his miner clothes, complete with lamp and pickaxe. The monument is quite large and there is a plaque on the front that sings the praises of this man who braved many perils including Apache attacks and scammers to stake his fortune and turn this wilderness plot into a thriving town.

Much bigger than it looked in pictures. Really nice, sad that the ground around the monument is covered in broken beer bottle glass. :/

Just outside Tombstone on a dirt road you can see this monument to Ed Sheiflein founder of Tombstone AZ. Great views and beneath this monument is buried the old silver prospector himself.

Ok so be advised...there isn't a lot her. There's the monument...there's the picnic table...and there's an information sign which needs serious replacing. I don't know how she did it, but she was actually able to read the sign. If you go visit here, you'll see how amazing that is. The view is nice...all in all totally worth visiting. It's seriously like 7 minutes from the heart of Tombstone. Travel north on historic Allen st....and that's it. You'll see the monument for sure. 😉

Fun place to ride to on the way to or back from Tombstone. Neat western history.

I gave four stars because I feel like you have to take these things in context. It's a rock cairn in the middle of the desert so there's not going to be much there and in that regard it's perfectly fine. It was a little less clean than I would desire, hence 4 Stars. Taking it in context I hiked to there from Highway 82. There are several well-worn horse trails leading up to it and the area is quite beautiful. It's an interesting bit of History, if you like that sort of thing.

The Monument for the miner on the claim who the town was named after

No hiking just a circle walk around the monument and a short read on a sign

It was a wonderful experience knowing that someone is buried there shuffling and is silver there if you find it it's yours you're supposed to be a red blanket that's hiding that has gold and if you find it it's yours call me from the two Stone and experience all of it it's awesome

Worth it because Tombstone would not exist except for this guy! Free. Fun little 30 minutes max stop. Past the guest ranch at the big rock cairn

This place has great views. It's free and open to the public at all times

What a cool thing out in the middle of the desert a few miles north of Tombstone. Highly recommend as a nice place to eat a picnic. Please note, there is a table here, but no grills.

Unique stop to visit the founder of Tombstones' monument. Great little stop with nice views for those visiting town.

It's nothing spectacular but I've been to Tombstone so many things and never explored around the outer skirts area

Really a cool place to see if you are visiting Tombstone. Road is a little rough, so take it slow.