Tombstone San Jose House

05/06/2026

🎩 Bat Masterson — lawman, Army scout, buffalo hunter, gambler… and eventually a New York City sportswriter.
One of the most colorful characters of the Old West, Bat was a friend of the Earps and made his way through Tombstone during its wildest years. He stayed right here at the San Jose House.
Walk in his footsteps.

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04/20/2026

Sleep where history happened. 🤠

The San Jose House has been welcoming travelers to Tombstone since the 1870s — back when Doc Holliday was dealing faro at the Oriental and the silver boom was roaring. The walls here have stories, and every room carries a piece of the frontier that earned this town its nickname: The Town Too Tough To Die.

Spring is one of the best times to visit. Warm days, cool desert nights, and all of Allen Street just steps from your door.

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03/19/2026

On this day in 1882 Morgan Earp (pictured) was assassinated while playing billiards at Campbell & Hatch's parlor. Robert Hatch, the proprietor, was engaged in a game with Morgan at the time and testified in the Coroner's Inquest later that day:

"About 11 o'clock pm, we went to the back end of the billiard room and commenced to play. We played one game and started on the second. I had the cue in my hand, in the act of making a play - was at the end of the billiard table...Earp was standing to my right and close to me, with his back to the [rear] door 3 or 4 feet from the door not over 12 of 18 inches from me. Just at that time went two gun or pistol shots, almost simultaneously. I saw Earp fall. I passed into the back yard [to look for the shooters] but could see no one as it was very dark. Earp lying on the floor near the card room, he having been moved by his bother and some others from where he fell in front of the door through which the shots had come. He seemed to be suffering very much. I heard his brother (Wyatt) ask him if he was going to die and he replied that he was sure. He was placed in a lounge in the card room where he died in perhaps an hour after he was shot."

Morgan was a month short of his 31st birthday.

02/27/2026

Wyatt Earp once used this very building to hold prisoners — before Tombstone even had a jail. A frontier lawman, gambler, and the man at the center of the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881, Earp became the most famous figure of the Wild West.He walked these halls. Now you can too.🛏️ Stay in the Wyatt Earp Suite
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02/08/2026

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01/09/2026

Did you know the San Jose House was built in 1879? That makes us one of the oldest structures in Tombstone! 🏚️🌵 We were the town's very first boarding house. Come sleep inside a piece of history (but with modern AC, we promise!). #1879

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12/26/2025

Did you know Tombstone wasn’t always the bustling historic landmark we know today? Before Ed Schieffelin’s famous silver strike, this mesa was known simply as "Goose Flats"—though ironically, there were no geese and it wasn’t very flat!

Surrounded by the stunning Whetstone, Mule, B***o, Huachuca, and Dragoon Mountains, the town grew at a lightning pace. In 1879, you could buy a lot on Allen Street for just $5. Within two years, the population soared from 100 to over 5,000, bringing us legends like the Bird Cage Theatre, the Crystal Palace, and, of course, the O.K. Corral.

Come stay at our place and walk the same streets where history was made. You’ll be surrounded by the legends of the Wild West!

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11/30/2024

Are you looking for an unique way to spend the Holiday Season creating memories with your family?
Enjoy a Victorian Christmas Event at the Tombstone Courthouse State Park on December 14th 2024 from 9am MST to 5pm MST. We love supporting local Tombstone Businesses, come see us in Tombstone in December

01/04/2024

We are so happy to announce that The Tombstone San Jose House has been given Superhost status again.
We appreciate your business

06/09/2023

National Historic Landmark , The San Jose House, "First Boarding House of Tombstone" Built by Samantha Fallon and Ed Schieffelin. There are over 85,000 places listed on the country's National Register of Historic Places, only some 2,500 are recognized as National Historic Landmarks. A National Historic Landmark District may include contributing properties that are buildings, structures, sites or objects, and it may include non-contributing properties.
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