Armchair authorities and Hot Stove Historians continue to argue as to who or what started the “Street Fight” near the OK Corral. I like the late Roger Jay’s succinct description of what caused the preceded the fight: "It seems none of the combatants were expecting it to turn into a full-blown gunfight except maybe Ike Clanton, the guy who did all the boasting about how he was going to kill the Earp’s and Holliday. He ran away when the fight commenced. Billy and Frank were armed, angry an
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