to Tombstone, arriving on January 29, 1882, three months after the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral". The previous church had burned down six months previously, and the reverend whom Peabody was replacing had left after only two months. Peabody held his first services in the Miner's Exchange Building on February 5, 1882. Though he felt unqualified, with less than a year of seminary to his credit, he was successful in attracting a considerable congregation. Part of his success was his outreach; he sometimes visited up to 15 homes a day. Over a few months, he succeeded in getting St. Paul's Episcopal Church built for approximately $5,000. (It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.) The first services were held there June 18, 1882. Peabody was able to raise the funds during a short amount of time because he was not afraid to go door-to-door for donations, including asking at the town's saloons. This outgoing manner helped him make many friends, including Wyatt Earp, whose family donated the altar rail for the new church. He also was impressive physically, never losing a boxing match. He began a baseball team in Tombstone. Town newspaper Epitaph wrote of him, "Well, we've got a parson who doesn't flirt with girls, who doesn't drink behind the door and when it comes to baseball, he's a daisy." Though he was warmly embraced in Tombstone, he wrote of his homesickness in his diaries. He left Tombstone after only six months, and many were saddened that he had to go. George Whitwell Parson noted in his diary that day, "We will not easily fill Peabody's place." He returned to the East Coast and completed his studies at the Episcopal Theological School, graduating in the spring of 1884. Following the 125th anniversary of the building of the church, he was added to the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, with November 17 becoming his feast day. He is thus regarded as the 'patron saint' of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona and venerated as one of its most important missionaries. Founding of Groton School Peabody's primary mission was to replicate for American schoolboys the type of education he had experienced in England. He considered Rugby School a particular model for its dual emphases on sports and classics. The curriculum was targeted specifically at boys from upper-class families, whom Peabody wished to steer toward moral