Oldest Saloon in Tombstone - Crystal Palace, Tombstone Arizona

The Crystal Palace in Tombstone was opened in 1892 and has been in business serving the patrons of Tombstone, and the many tourists, ever since. This place is awash in history and features period shows and costumes for its employees. While you're there, try the barbecue ribs and a shot of rye whiskey.
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  • @johnamaya3150
    @johnamaya31502 жыл бұрын

    i ate lunch there in when we decided to visit on our way to San Antonio. it was like going back in time. My Mom who is now 89 yrs young always ask me when is she going back. she loves the town as i do. people you have to visit you will come away just amazed on this great Historical town of Tombstone. can't wait to go back

  • @claudioserafino5146
    @claudioserafino51462 жыл бұрын

    An Old Saloon,The Best Place in The World!

  • @nativearizona1
    @nativearizona111 ай бұрын

    I've been to Tombstone many a time, love the history of the place!

  • @williammonroe9326
    @williammonroe93263 жыл бұрын

    I had the pleasure of bartending at the Palace back in the late '60s. good times

  • @PAUL-pz3rz
    @PAUL-pz3rz2 жыл бұрын

    Every year I take my daughter out for supper on her birthday. We travel extensively and just so happens we were in Tombstone on her day. I took her to the Crystal Palace for supper and low and behold if they didn't have on the menu one of her all time favorite meals. Pork Ribs with all the fixings! We enjoyed it immensely and is one of our many fond memories.

  • @noblewolf5639
    @noblewolf5639 Жыл бұрын

    Nice video I love the old west and Tombstone love riding horses, I'm a cowboy at heart. The town was named after Ed Schieffelin when he was mining there they told him the only thing you'll find here is your own tombstone. The name stuck

  • @Javelina_Poppers
    @Javelina_Poppers Жыл бұрын

    Many years ago when I was repairing and restoring old clocks and watches as a hobby, I visited an old guy in Tombstone, who was a town native, who had some old clock parts I needed. While in his old garage he lifted a tarp and showed me a very large old mirror and some ornate pieces of woodwork. True or not, he said they were part of the original Crystal Palace bar back he claimed he'd acquired many years before. Take that claim with a grain of salt.

  • @BarryKaiser-tp4lj
    @BarryKaiser-tp4lj4 ай бұрын

    I LOVE TOMBSTONE. THANKS

  • @walterquigley7232
    @walterquigley72322 жыл бұрын

    Dad and I walked into this place in mid-summer 1963. Just the two of us in the middle of the day. We both took note of a groove in the top of the bar which extended to the mirror, with the bullet hole in it, at the back bar. The bartender proceeded to tell the obvious story. Some years later I walked back in and was surprised to find no bullet effects in the house and no explanation from the bartender. That was the year Dad & Mom and the five kids moved from Billerica, MA to Orange, CA. I love Tombstone. Wyatt Earp was quite a guy.

  • @dalekundtz760
    @dalekundtz7602 жыл бұрын

    Have been lucky enough to visit this historic establishment several times on my visits to Tombstone. Love stepping back in history. Hope it is around for many more years!

  • @chrismancini5645

    @chrismancini5645

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope it's there when I finally goe there.

  • @steveham2622
    @steveham26222 жыл бұрын

    I was in one of the bars there and the guy told us the original bar was made in Africa and was shipped by boat and took a very long time to get there. It was made of mahogany or teak wood . it still looked pretty sturdy in 2003.

  • @locgama3630

    @locgama3630

    Жыл бұрын

    the more you learn! thank you for the great information

  • @subhashnamey5562
    @subhashnamey55623 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic video on Tombstone . " The Town too tough to die " , it can't when it's saved by the love of tourists . Thanks Sir. From India.

  • @urbanbraun6218
    @urbanbraun62182 жыл бұрын

    Was there in 1958 with my Army buddies. On our way to play baseball games at Phoenix Arizona loved the nostalgia of old Tombstone!!!! Go Lester Moore!!

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    2 жыл бұрын

    No Les No Moore!

  • @urbanbraun6218

    @urbanbraun6218

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Bucketlistbars 4 shots from a 44!!

  • @judyschmoll8541
    @judyschmoll85413 жыл бұрын

    Best time lve had. Went for 1 day & stayed 5!! All the towns people were fantastic!! Especially the Bird Cage, Loved it! And of course Boot Hill. Must see all. Great time. Thank you folks of TOMBSTONE.

  • @ndog2005
    @ndog20053 жыл бұрын

    Been there many years ago, us Military guys loved it.......

  • @eskigunler62

    @eskigunler62

    3 жыл бұрын

    I came from 1879 ok corral tombstone town. i am time traveler actualy i was born 1962 1800's so dangerous I was meeting doc holliday and wyatt earp

  • @gabbywasnothere2405
    @gabbywasnothere24053 жыл бұрын

    This is a straight replica of the Original Palace Restaurant and Saloon in Prescott, AZ. The Bar has been there since 1877 and the building since 1901. Doc Holiday and the Earp Brothers were all present during those times.

  • @troyoneill2679

    @troyoneill2679

    2 жыл бұрын

    I used to live there. The patrons during a fire carried the bar outside across to the square

  • @williammonroe9326
    @williammonroe93262 жыл бұрын

    Interesting videos. Still miss the old town. Left there in 1970. Moved on to Bisbee.

  • @katielowe1476
    @katielowe14763 жыл бұрын

    Was there in 2016 had buffalo burgers lovely had a great time loved everything in Tombstone need to visit again one day 🇬🇧🐱🐺🦊❤🌹

  • @lukewarmwater6412

    @lukewarmwater6412

    2 жыл бұрын

    did the tour in the 80's. great place to have a cold beer on a hot day.

  • @Sophie-tv8pg
    @Sophie-tv8pg4 жыл бұрын

    Was just there today! Great bar with great service! Loved Tombstone!

  • @SillyGoose2024

    @SillyGoose2024

    4 жыл бұрын

    I remember too. I met you there. We banged.

  • @MultiRabe
    @MultiRabe7 жыл бұрын

    Deff Bucket List material! Love old west history!

  • @maryellenshock
    @maryellenshock11 ай бұрын

    Kudos to the current owners,!!.

  • @charlielaudico3523
    @charlielaudico3523 Жыл бұрын

    I drove to California in the 1970s made a side trip to tombstone on the way out west! It was a run down dusty town then!

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    Жыл бұрын

    A bit different. Still dusty though!

  • @azrealestategeek
    @azrealestategeek2 жыл бұрын

    Love this place!

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    2 жыл бұрын

    Us too!

  • @jc4evur661
    @jc4evur661 Жыл бұрын

    I want to see one of the original spitoons!

  • @Defied_-vw2jz
    @Defied_-vw2jzАй бұрын

    Awesome..

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    17 күн бұрын

    Thank you! Cheers!

  • @glenncooper2088
    @glenncooper20887 жыл бұрын

    Our favorite place ..been there many times

  • @dorothysue1
    @dorothysue111 жыл бұрын

    Love this video! I went to Tombstone about 16 years ago, and I have always wanted to go back.

  • @sergeantsailorman
    @sergeantsailorman12 жыл бұрын

    To Kimmie, and RJ, your history is slightly wrong.No fires in 1879. First fire June 22, 1881, second fire May 26,1882. Mines didn't shut down due to floods. An 1890's earthquake caused flooding, but huge Cornish water pumps were brought in to control flooding. Dropping silver prices in the 1890's caused mine closures. Pumps aren't in mines. They were giant surface pumps that were removed after mine closures. I wrote a number of articles about Tombstone, drove stagecoach, and bartended there.

  • @steveunger8108
    @steveunger81086 жыл бұрын

    Well done guys, thanks.

  • @whyme3286
    @whyme32867 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @EuSeiT
    @EuSeiT7 жыл бұрын

    Cool place. I'd love to visit!

  • @GeoffreyJohns
    @GeoffreyJohns5 жыл бұрын

    That was great!

  • @jasonkileekaitlyn
    @jasonkileekaitlyn8 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video. I'll be there later this month.

  • @juliewhite1308
    @juliewhite13088 жыл бұрын

    Awesome..nice to see a bit of American history..

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Julie, hope you can make it by there for a drink or two! Cheers!

  • @lukewarmwater6412
    @lukewarmwater64122 жыл бұрын

    the mines flooded and the town dried up... that, my friends, is irony.

  • @georgesouthwick7000
    @georgesouthwick70003 жыл бұрын

    In 2006, I was told by the people at the Tombstone tourism people that there were only 4 original buildings in Tombstone, The Oriental, The Bird Cage, Nellie Cashman’s and the Court House. Most of the buildings were wood construction. The low humidity dried things out and as a result, the town burned down on a fairly regular basis. The reason the 4 buildings previously mentioned survived the fires is because The Oriental, The Bird Cage and Nellie Cashman’s are all adobe construction, which actually hardens when exposed to heat. The Court House is brick, which is fire resistant. This does not mean that many of the buildings aren’t old, just that they aren’t part of the original town.

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, you heard what we were told...

  • @azand091
    @azand0919 жыл бұрын

    :) That`s John Escapule at 1: 43 not Doc Holliday , just thought you would like to know !!!

  • @brianfuller5868
    @brianfuller58685 жыл бұрын

    Great Video. I'm in Tombstone and Bisbee every year.

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    5 жыл бұрын

    Brian Fuller thanks for watching! Tombstone’s a fun place and the Crystal Palace is a great destination!

  • @thinkingallowed6485
    @thinkingallowed64855 жыл бұрын

    Fun to watch...nicely done. Want to try that rye whisky now.

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    5 жыл бұрын

    Escape Pod thanks much, we’re glad you enjoyed it! Old Overholt is good stuff, definitely give it a try!

  • @KelleyBroussardMackaig
    @KelleyBroussardMackaig5 жыл бұрын

    After years upon years of being utterly fascinated with Tombstone (the movie) my husband and I finally visited Tombstone about five years ago. We only had enough time to visit for just one day and one night as we were just passing through, but I'll never forget the relentlessly eerie, and unwelcoming feeling that we got while being there. The locals were all definitely nice, nobody was rude or cold - or anything of the sort - but the overall vibe that we had just being in that famously historic little old town that we had dreamed of visiting for years - just gave off a very odd vibe that neither of us had felt before or since we were there - it's almost inexplainable. Not sure how, what or why it was that we were getting those vibes - but regardless, we still love Tombstone, and we will always have only the deepest of respect for the history that is behind it. Anyways - great video!! 👏

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kelley Broussard Mackaig thanks so much! Yes we know exactly how you feel! There’s a weird energy there that’s really hard to explain. We’ve felt it in a few places we’ve been - usually a bar we’re exploring that’s reportedly haunted or something. But this was the whole town, including the cemetery, the Birdcage, everywhere. Glad to hear it wasn’t just us! Thanks for watching!

  • @spaceman8839
    @spaceman88392 жыл бұрын

    I want to buy this bar and make it a starbucks

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @Bucketlistbars
    @Bucketlistbars12 жыл бұрын

    @sergeantsailorman Awesome clarification, thanks so much for your comment.

  • @bruceburnett1584
    @bruceburnett15842 жыл бұрын

    1:42 isn't Doc Holliday...it's John Escapule...great grandfather of current Tombstone City Mayor Dusty Escapule.

  • @junerobertson4389

    @junerobertson4389

    2 жыл бұрын

    They always get it wrong. I went to dodge and that photos is all over the walls of the casinos.

  • @rromero1091
    @rromero10917 жыл бұрын

    the burgers are so good there.

  • @chrismancini5645
    @chrismancini5645 Жыл бұрын

    If they're still silver down in those mines I'm sure with today's technology the pumps today should be good enough to get to the remaining silver.

  • @kolloduke3341
    @kolloduke33413 жыл бұрын

    Every thing kinda works untill you see the TV SCREEN .

  • @edwinthompson6510
    @edwinthompson65105 жыл бұрын

    Hi Kimmi & RJ.....thanks for the info in NM Denver Colorado.... sounds interesting...shall check those out guys "merci" .......Ed

  • @thescottishstreamerkid1
    @thescottishstreamerkid15 ай бұрын

    LENNY MY BOY HAHAHAHA.

  • @veryhairylarry1036
    @veryhairylarry10364 жыл бұрын

    nice

  • @jasminhrnjic8827
    @jasminhrnjic88272 жыл бұрын

    TOMMBSTONE OK KKORALL 26. OKTOBER 1881 ARIZONA☆

  • @kirkopperman5061
    @kirkopperman50614 жыл бұрын

    Modeled after “The Palace” in Prescott. Crystal Palace was the “Golden Eagle Brewery”. The Chandelier was in The Bar in Prescott.

  • @jaimtime
    @jaimtime2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah sure

  • @AutoWorldzz
    @AutoWorldzz3 жыл бұрын

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  • @user-mt4vo4ey5n
    @user-mt4vo4ey5n7 жыл бұрын

    How can you not know how many bullet holes are in the ceiling?

  • @gloryboundkev
    @gloryboundkev Жыл бұрын

    Where's the horses? No stagecoach?

  • @nbale1142
    @nbale11425 жыл бұрын

    Big call over a jack daniels.

  • @anthonywhite1978
    @anthonywhite19785 жыл бұрын

    now there is a tour and u can enter into the mine and see how deep it is In the mine

  • @stringfellowhawke3231
    @stringfellowhawke32315 жыл бұрын

    Great place, good grub, buffalo burgers can't be beat.

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    5 жыл бұрын

    Stringfellow Hawke thanks for the feedback, that place is pretty great! Cheers!

  • @chrishoya2066
    @chrishoya20664 жыл бұрын

    Looks Just like “The Palace” in Prescott. Oldest Bar in Arizona. Same back bar too.

  • @michaelashcraft8569
    @michaelashcraft85693 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to go to Tombstone to be a Cowboy reinactor , that would be so cool, but, who needs a 70ys old Cowboy?

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's what they call character! Do it!

  • @frankiefelinesalwayswelcom5825
    @frankiefelinesalwayswelcom582510 ай бұрын

    Had an American form of ice tea in this saloon on my Arizona 1985 holiday. American ice tea is just cold stale left over tea that has over steeped. Just yucky. LOL

  • @jamesbenedict7206
    @jamesbenedict72065 жыл бұрын

    Mining the tourists!

  • @ahmetkadioglu6361
    @ahmetkadioglu63618 жыл бұрын

    great wild west town ok corral tombstone great history 1880''s so hard to live this town you no many people die every day because this is wild west justice

  • @cloudshadow954
    @cloudshadow9545 жыл бұрын

    Definitely going to have to make a stop there when I go to Tombstone.

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    5 жыл бұрын

    Adrienne Sega definitely a fun place! If you want to find some other cool Bars, check out our book on Amazon ;) Also we’ll be traveling to some other great places next year so be sure to subscribe! Thanks for watching!

  • @cloudshadow954

    @cloudshadow954

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bucket List Bars nice, I’ll check it out!

  • @ioanasinca2510
    @ioanasinca25102 жыл бұрын

    Faceți traducerea și în limba română ca să înțelegem și noi despre ce e vorba,, w,

  • @JJF10101957
    @JJF101019576 жыл бұрын

    Much of the 1880's Tombstone is gone, wooden buildings and gas light wasn't a good match. Much of what we are told about that time is distorted or straight up lies. Then as now it seems everybody has an axe to grind.

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, found that out in Chicago and a few other cities about that time too. But that's why the places that are still around need to be visited and preserved.

  • @JJF10101957

    @JJF10101957

    6 жыл бұрын

    It seems that 'progress' is a crutch, or perhaps a chance to value what we have had. The lives of people 150 years ago was not easy, but those dirty, smelly pilgrims were our families. If you have any grandiose plans get in touch with me, One Last Crusade, right!

  • @petersack5074
    @petersack50742 жыл бұрын

    .5:00........Shamus.....how much more I R I S H can it get ...?

  • @jasminhrnjic8827
    @jasminhrnjic88272 жыл бұрын

    HI 👋 👋 AJM JASMIN JOHNY HENRY HOLLIDAY☆ AJM DOC HOLLIIDAY☆ TOMBSTONE ☆ ARIZONA☆ OK. KORAL. MARSHALL SHERIFF☆ WAJAT EARP AND SHERIFF☆ GANS DOC HOLLIDAY.*

  • @andrewhealion900
    @andrewhealion9006 жыл бұрын

    The movie Tomb stone. The best Western ever.

  • @wsearp
    @wsearp5 жыл бұрын

    Been there and did not want to leave..... I hope to live there some day, but am not one of the fake cowboy wanna bees.....

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bill Evans we met some great people who retired there and did all kinds of great stuff. One guy custom hand made old, cowboy days rifle and pistol cartridges, another retiree we met was a blacksmith. Definitely not wanna bees. Thanks for watching - don’t forget to subscribe!

  • @edwinthompson6510
    @edwinthompson65105 жыл бұрын

    Hi guys.... Tombstone a name that everybody in America and outside of America know but the history can only be told by you guys}}} My great uncle Orlando Poppitt/ Thompson he owned and drove a oxen drawn freight train from San Bernardino valley through to Tucson Bixbee... callin in on Tombstone... around the time of the Earps.. livin there {{ my grandfather he also rode shotgun with Orlando grandma Thompson kept history of Arizona Cochise County Tombstone in particular old photos {{ Tombstone was a murderous place the Earps hid behind a tin star to cover their illegal gambling and prostitution rackets ... a lot of the truth has got lost in time... pity... Much later during the Klondike goldrush Wyatt Earp his wife Josi my grandad great uncle Lando set up business together running a saloon in Nome that left nothing to the imagination to what trade they did.... letters sent from Alaska to my granma Thompson back in Utah told of Wyatt Earp .. .my dad kept all the letters/photos sent home during the time my relatives spent in Nome and Dawson City... Tombstone for Wyatt Earp was a solitary place from what i gather he never really trusted anyone he was a lonely man Doc Holliday the Georgia dentist and Josephine Marcus were his only true friends his family were always feuding ... i know that the Earps were Republicans as was the governing body of Tombstone... the said cowboys/ criminals.. were Demarcates and thats what the gunfight at the OKCorral was all about.. political things haven't changed that much eh!..going back to my great uncle he ran freight trough to Tombstone all kinds of mining equipment clothing and a grand piano for the Crystal Palace Saloon ...yeah thats where Earp met Josi she was principle singer with a travelling theatre group the show was "The Pirates of Penzance" strange but Josi was the only Jewish person travelling with the Strolling Troubadours {{Hollywood have glamorize the whole story kill or be killed in those days {{ thing being the whole story of the wild west only lasted 30 or 40yrs progress overtook the cowboys/ boomtowns the railroad tamed the west not the Wyatt Earps of that era.... thanks for your posting very interesting.....Ed

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wow, thanks for the great story!

  • @edwinthompson6510

    @edwinthompson6510

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Bucketlistbars Hi thanks for your reply to my comment most courteous of you... history is my forte studied history through college {{ the history of the silver/gold/mining boom-towns of Arizona/Kansas/New Mexico/... it all get under my skin... its a pity that there is very little providence to all the story's of the Earps and other western characters... {{ if ever you need any information history wise to help with your videos i would gladly help if at all possible ... see-ya now bye...Ed

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the offer, we'll definitely keep that in mind! Thanks again for watching the vids - you might like the history of the Capital Bar in Socorro, NM too (and maybe the Buckhorn Exchange in Denver also). Both are from the same era. Cheers!

  • @edwinthompson6510

    @edwinthompson6510

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Cindy Klenk Hi Cindy Today im in Az.. at my ranch in Coshise County.. 30 miles from the Mexican border...my wranglers are Chiricahua Apache great horse men {{ i truly believe that they can talk to horses and they understand the desert and its inhabitance a lot better than we white folks do ... so you were stationed a Fort Huachuca... the history of that Fort goes way back... reports i heard were because of where its located the occupants found time dragged.. Ok Sierra Vista is nice place to retire to but that's all { i love it there} Albeit i spend most of the year in "Belvidere" Beverly Hills Ca....a lot cooler in the summer....Cindy thanks for your post to my comment must kind of you okay... SeeYa now... bye....Ed

  • @partgard1
    @partgard15 жыл бұрын

    NINO EARPE!

  • @kirkopperman5061

    @kirkopperman5061

    4 жыл бұрын

    John Shomody Nimrod Earpe

  • @jaskotalijan3046
    @jaskotalijan30466 жыл бұрын

    HAY KRISTALL PALASE MAY NAME DOC HOLLIDAYS/÷*BAY.

  • @jaskotalijan3046
    @jaskotalijan30466 жыл бұрын

    HAY TOMBSTONE MAY NAME YONI HOLLIDAY.DOC HOLLIDAY./÷*/÷*GRIFFIN GA. USA.* BAY.

  • @frankgiles8535
    @frankgiles85355 жыл бұрын

    jesus get rid of the TV-so out of place

  • @kenechols1477
    @kenechols14776 жыл бұрын

    yeah, now you have to wait to be seated??!! no more bellying up to the bar, they allow loud kiddies in there too. the whole western feeling is gone

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    6 жыл бұрын

    What a bummer! Thanks for letting us know, Ken.

  • @ricolopez3925
    @ricolopez39256 жыл бұрын

    The flat panel TV in the bar needs to go.

  • @frankgiles8535

    @frankgiles8535

    6 жыл бұрын

    god how I agree with you ,I'm from Canada and been visiting Tombstone for 22 years and the first time I walked in the Crystal Palace and saw that tv I was so discussed,like who could have thought this was a good idea

  • @bobc8649

    @bobc8649

    2 жыл бұрын

    I lived nearby 10 yrs ago and they played the movie Tombstone on it almost continually but the waitress's there were nice and pretty to boot !

  • @chugchug5657
    @chugchug56574 жыл бұрын

    Too bad it isn't what it used to be back in the 90s and before that time. It's overcrowded, rude tourists and self entitled people.

  • @BopWalk
    @BopWalk3 жыл бұрын

    Nice place to visit if you were white I guess.

  • @jefffriedberg
    @jefffriedberg2 жыл бұрын

    Almost NOTHING remains of the original ANYTHING-so this is pure unmitigated bulsht.

  • @Bucketlistbars

    @Bucketlistbars

    2 жыл бұрын

    Which part? The place where we said it WASN'T the original bar? or maybe the part where we said it was an ice cream parlor and bus stop? or perhaps the part where we said there was a fire? Or maybe where we said they RESTORED it? Get a life troll.