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the historic cemetery's many tombstones marking the graves of children are telling reminders of the harshness of pioneer life
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Thanks for giving me my tombstone engraving!
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Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 22 Aug. 2025
Kevin Pazour, the museum’s executive director, carefully laid the heavy tombstone in the car to be transported to the cemetery, Meyers said.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Two tombstones have gone viral on Reddit after users noticed a striking difference between the way a husband and wife were memorialized.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Two days later, on July 10, the researchers uncovered the knight’s entire skeleton about five inches below where the tombstone sat.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 July 2025
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Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 22 Aug. 2025
Kevin Pazour, the museum’s executive director, carefully laid the heavy tombstone in the car to be transported to the cemetery, Meyers said.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Two tombstones have gone viral on Reddit after users noticed a striking difference between the way a husband and wife were memorialized.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Two days later, on July 10, the researchers uncovered the knight’s entire skeleton about five inches below where the tombstone sat.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 July 2025
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“Tombstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tombstone. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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tombstone
noun
tomb·stone
ˈtüm-ˌstōn 
Geographical Definition
Tombstone
geographical name
Tomb·stone
ˈtüm-ˌstōn
city in the southeastern corner of Arizona population 1380
Note: Tombstone was site of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881.
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