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The Historical Jewish Cemetery at Boothill
Tombstone, Arizona

The Jewish Memorial at Boot Hill, Tombstone, Arizona, 1992 [51K] SJG

The Jewish Memorial at Boot Hill, Tombstone, Arizona, 1992

The memorial recognizes the Jewish residents of Tombstone who were buried in a separate section of the famous Boot Hill cemetery in the latter part of the 19th century. It was dedicated in 1991 by a corporation formed by the Jewish Friendship Club of Green Valley, Arizona. Representative McNulty introduced an article from the New York Times recounting the cemetery's restoration in the Congressional Record. In addition, we have reproduced a typescript of an October 19, 1961, letter from Tombstone resident Ms. Jeanne Devere to Rabbi Floyd Fierman discussing the cemetery and Tombstone's Jewish residents. The Spring 1993 issue of Southwest Jewish History includes a story on the restoration of the Jewish cemetery in Douglas, Arizona.

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