Will McLaury joins the OK Corral prosecution. November 4, 1881. Texas lawyer Will McLaury--the brother of Tom and Frank McLaury--is sworn in as...
A Brother’s Vengeance
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OK Corral
The Jailing of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday
A big moment in the OK Corral hearing. November 7, 1881--day eight of the OK Corral hearing. Judge Wells Spicer revokes the bail of Wyatt Earp and...
The Deadly Ending
The finish to the OK Corral shootout. As the so-called OK Corral gunfight continues on October 26, 1881…Morgan Earp’s shot hits Billy Clanton in the...
The Surprise Witness
H.F. Sills and the OK Corral hearing. November 22-23, 1881. Defense attorney Thomas Fitch (photo) calls HF Sills to the stand in the OK Corral...
Best of the West: Heritage Travel
The Call of the West People from around the world are drawn to the Western United States. Whether as passengers on a Santa Fe Super...
Testimony in Bed
Virgil Earp tells his side of the OK Corral shootout. November 19, 1881. The Earp-Holliday preliminary hearing moves to the Cosmopolitan Hotel....
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...
The Spicer Hearing
The Earps and Holliday face murder charges. October 31, 1881. Judge Wells Spicer (photo) gaveled to order a preliminary hearing into murder charges...
Trivia About the Street Fight in Tombstone
How small was the space that the fight took place in. How did anyone survive the battle? Were the guns back then really that inaccurate? Was...
A Case of Revenge?
Were the McLaury brothers avenged? 1881 was a bad year for Ft. Worth attorney Will McLaury. His wife had died. Then his brothers Frank and Tom were...
Mules, Levi’s and Chuckwagons
Can horses really run themselves to death? Marie Johnson (Dallas, Texas) Horses can run themselves to death even without a rider. A...
Tom Fitch and the Pleasant Valley War
The famed attorney got an accused murderer off. Attorney Tom Fitch is best known for defending the Earps and Doc Holliday at the so-called OK Corral...