There are a lot of tall tales about the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. This is not one of them. No, this is a short reminder of how the movies skew our view of Old West figures—in this case, Frank and Tom McLaury. Just in case you’ve forgotten (or never been exposed to the story), the McLaury brothers were two of the Cowboys who took on the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday at the famous shoot-out on October 26, 1881. Frank and Tom lost the battle and their lives (as did
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