Helldorado

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• Helldorado is a nickname for the boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona in the violent silver-mining days of the early 1880's. The reference is to a newspaper letter of the period from a miner complaining that many miners complaints.

• In July 1881, a disgruntled miner writes the Tombstone Nugget newspaper stating that instead of finding their "Eldorado" of riches, many men ended up washing dishes or other menial jobs, finding instead, their "Helldorado". The term stuck.

Helldorado is Tombstone's oldest festival celebrating its rip-roaring days of the 1880's. Helldorado, started in 1929, is sponsored by Helldorado, Inc. whose membership is composed of residents in Cochise County. Helldorado is held every third weekend in October and consists of gunfight re-enactment shows, street entertainment, fashion shows and a family oriented carnival.

• HelldoradoDays.com
• Helldorado (novel) is a 1928 book about this era by former Cochice Country sheriff's deputy Billy Breakenridge.
• Helldorado (movie) is a 1935 Western film inspired in part by Breakenridge's book.
• "Helldorado (album)" is the eighth album by W.A.S.P., released in 1999 (see 1999 in music).
• "Helldorado (band)" is a Norway originated rock band, which originally played at Blue Rock Café, and later produced 3 albums which are Lost Highway, Director's Cut and The Ballad of Nora Lee.Original Helldorado website
• "Helldorado Brewing Company" is a Tombstone, Arizona bar and brewery owned and operated by Cody Sexson.