Once and for all, historians set the record straight on the tragic demise of the legendary gunfighter.
July 2, 1882
John Ringo has decided to move to Tombstone (he has been living in San Simon and Galeyville). He arrives in town and meets Editor Sam Purdy of the Epitaph, who later writes of their talk: “He said that he was as certain of being killed as he was of living then. He said that he might run along for a couple years more, and may not last two days.”
Taking in the Fourth of July
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