A killer for hire put fear in the hearts of Arizona rustlers. By 1887, rustling had become such a problem that the Apache County (AZ) Stock...
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Ike Clanton
Cow-boys Get Off
Nobody is convicted in the shooting of Virgil Earp. January 31, 1882. Ike and Phin Clanton are taken into custody for the shooting of Virgil Earp....
Let’s Make a Deal
Wyatt Earp’s attempt to placate the Cow-boys falls apart. In 1881, Wells Fargo secretly gave Wyatt Earp a free hand to put an end to stage robberies...
Charged with Murder
The hearing into the OK Corral gunfight. October 29, 1881. Ike Clanton files murder charges against the Earps and Doc Holliday for their role in the...
A Deal Gone Bad
The Earp-Clanton dispute deepens. June 2, 1881. Wyatt Earp approaches Cowboy Ike Clanton with a proposal. If Clanton will betray the men who tried...
Ike Clanton’s Testimony Backfired
Ike's well-crafted tale spun a web of intrigue. According to Ike, the Earp’s were in cahoots with the Benson stage robbers, Crane, Head, Leonard and...
Rascals of Tombstone: Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne
After running away from the gunfight in the vacant lot near the OK Corral in Tombstone, Ike Clanton made a desperate attempt to get the Earp’s and...
The Sheriff on the Stand
John Behan testifies in the OK Corral hearing. November 2, 1881. Cochise County Sheriff John Behan takes the stand in the OK Corral preliminary...
He Couldn’t Let it Go
Ike Clanton tried to avenge the OK Corral fight. After the OK Corral shootout, Ike Clanton wasn’t about to give up in his efforts for revenge...
An O.K. Day!
Funny what a hunch can produce. I didn’t see any ads or notices about the event in Tombstone. I just knew I had to be there, in the corral, for the...
Ike Ran
But was he a coward as he left the Tombstone street fight? It’s well known that Ike Clanton ran during the OK Corral shooutout—that Wyatt Earp held...
Lead-Up to a Shoot-Out
A Cowboy’s view of what started the OK Corral fight. So why did the OK Corral gunfight take place? According to Cowboy Ike Clanton, it started with...