Wyatt Earp was actually a witness to a big gunfight. It was April 14, 1885 at the Gem Saloon in El Paso. Earp and fellow Vendetta rider Dan Tipton...
Witness For The Defense Wyatt Earp watched as others shot it out.
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Ain’t No Earps Hidin’ Newton Earp didn’t like how his brothers were portrayed.
Newton Earp (in photo, right), the half-brother of the “Fighting Earps,” lived long enough to see his siblings’ exploits hit the silver screen. The...
Weapons In The Court? A claim that the Earps and Holliday had guns during their hearing.
Will McLaury, brother of the late Frank and Tom first attended the Spicer Hearing into the OK Corral gunfight on November 4, 1881. In a letter, he...
Overwhelming Grief The McLaury’s brother suffered a great loss even before the gunfight.
Attorney Will McLaury was the older brother of Frank and Tom, two of the Cowboys killed at the OK Corral. He assisted out with the prosecution of...
The Death Of Ike Clanton Rustling his way to an early grave
After leaving Tombstone Ike moved his rustling operations to the White Mountains. As he did in Tombstone, Ike passed himself off as a successful...
Doc Holliday: Was he as good with a gun and a knife as he was portrayed in the movie “Tombstone”? Movies are to entertain, not necessarily to educate.
No he wasn't, but then neither was Johnny Ringo nor were most of the other so-call “shooting stars of the silver screen.” Movies are to entertain,...
Fannin At Goliad Facing overwhelming odds, though, Fannin and his troops surrendered the next day.
In early February 1836, James Fannin sailed from Velasco and landed at Copano with four companies of the Georgia Battalion, moving to join a small...
¿Quien Es? Billy the Kid vs Pat Garrett
For her he took a bullet in the heart.
Leaving Town? Evidence indicates the McLaurys were headed out just before the gunfight.
October 20, 1881, Cowboy Tom McLaury comes to Tombstone from his ranch. He and his brother likely have sold their cattle herd; Tom deposits nearly...
Picked The Wrong Man A killer for hire had the tables turned.
Bill Earhart was a shootist who helped out “Killin’” Jim Miller on occasion—either as a lookout or assassin for hire. Miller wanted him and a cohort...
An Old Lawdog On The Hunt Wyatt Earp picked up a gun again at age 62.
In October 1910, Old West lawman Wyatt Earp—at age 62—almost got into one more gunfight. Earp was asked to head up a special posse to protect...
Gunfight At Big Hat Arizona Fact or fiction?
The New York Tribune published, on March 26th, 1893 a story describing a gunfight in Big Hat, Arizona. Two prominent citizens meeting to settle a...