Helldorado

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• Helldorado, a nickname for Tombstone, Arizona (and variation of El Dorado) created in the 1880's by a disgruntled miner who wrote a letter to the Tombstone Nugget newspaper complaining about trying to find his fortune and ending up washing dishes.

• Helldorado Days, a festival started in Tombstone in 1929 to celebrate the silver-mining days of the 1880's and held on the third week of every October, loosely corresponding to the date of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

• Helldorado (novel) is a 1928 book about this era by former Cochise County sheriff's deputy Billy Breakenridge.
• Helldorado (film) 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.
• "Helldorado (band)" is a Norwegian Americana band.
• Helldorado (game) is a third game of Desperados-serie, released in 2008.
• "Helldorado Brewing Company" is a Tombstone, Arizona bar and brewery owned and operated by Cody Sexson.