Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
10/26/1881 AD defeated
A 30-second shootout between lawmen and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that took place at about 3:00 p.m.
The gunfight was the result of a long-simmering feud between the parties.
The shootout has come to represent a period of the American Old West when the frontier was virtually an open range for outlaws, largely unopposed by law enforcement officers who were spread thin over vast territories.
The event was not well known to the American public until 1931, when Stuart Lake published the initially well-received biography Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal two years after Earp's death.
Tombstone, AZ
Lattitude: 31.7158° N
Longitude: 110.0647° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 31.7158° N
Longitude: 110.0647° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Subjects Who or What defeated?
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Wyatt Earp (Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp) Old West lawman famous f... -
Doc Holliday (John Henry Holliday) American gambler, gunfig... -
Virgil Earp Both deputy U.S. Marshal... -
Morgan Earp American sheriff and law...
Objects To Whom or What was defeated?
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Tom McLaury Tombstone, Arizona ranch... -
Frank McLaury (Robert Findley McLaury) He and his brother Tom o... -
Billy Clanton He, along with his fathe... -
Ike Clanton (Joseph Isaac Clanton) Clanton was present at t... -
Billy Claiborne One of five outlaw Cowbo...
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Tombstone, Arizona in 1881 An ore wagon at the center of the image is pulled by 15 or 16 mules leaving town for one of the mines or on the way to a mill. The town had a population of about 4,000 that year with 600 dwellings and two church buildings. There were 650 men working in the nearby mines. The Tough Nut hoisting works are in the right foreground. The firehouse is behind the ore wagons, with the Russ House hotel just to the left of it. The dark, tall building above the Russ House is the Grand Hotel, and the top of Schieffelin Hall (1881) is visible to the right.
Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton lie dead After the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. This is the only known photo of 19 year-old Billy.
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