Red Dead Redemption 3: 10 Cities That Could Be On The Map

5. Tombstone, Arizona

Red Dead Tombstone
Buena Vista Pictures

You know Tombstone. Everyone who's even heard of Westerns knows about Tombstone.

Founded in 1877, Tombstone was one of the last boomtowns of the American frontier, fueled by the single richest silver strike in the Arizona Territory. By the early 1880s, the opulent Grand Hotel opened, and was filled with carpet, oil paintings, silk and walnut furniture, and the finest chandeliers money could buy. A wine and beer house opened up shortly thereafter, complete with a variety of alcohol, cigars, and a bowling alley (there's a side-activity for the player to waste time with).

Outlaws known as the Cowboys would often steal and smuggle cattle, alcohol, and tobacco across the border and sell them for a handsome profit in Mexico, where these items carried a heavy tax. Shootings at the hands of the Cowboys were common in Tombstone.

Then, of course, there's the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Born of a longstanding feud between the Cowboys and the lawmen of Tombstone, the legendary shootout saw Doc Holliday and the Earp Brothers (Wyatt, Morgan, and Virgil) go toe-to-toe with outlaws Billy and Ike Clanton, Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Claiborne, leaving three men dead.

A lawless frontier town where gangs ran wild? That sounds right up Red Dead's alley.

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