Most of the older films about the “Gunfight Near the OK Corral” would have you believe the feud, like the movie, was over. The 1993 film Tombstone...
The Aftermath of the Gunfight Behind the OK Corral?
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Virgil Earp
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Sweet treats were greatly anticipated and appreciated at Christmastime on the American frontier. Allie Earp recalled how much her husband, Virgil,...
The Aftermath of the Gunfight Behind the OK Corral
Most of the older movies about the “Gunfight Near the OK Corral” would have you believe the feud, like the film, was over. The 1993 film Tombstone...
Wyatt Earp: Is He Still a Hero?
Historians and writers share their perspectives on the West’s most famous lawman. In honor of the 140th anniversary of the gunfight near the O.K....
The Tombstone Street Fight
Shot-for-shot, Bob Boze Bell captures what C.S. Fly missed 140 years ago. All Artwork and Illustrations by Bob Boze Bell All photos, unless...
Was Wyatt Earp a Hero or a Villain? Live with Bob Boze Bell
Was Wyatt Earp a HERO or a VILLAIN? Tune in on August 18th at 5pm PDT to hear Bob Boze Bell's take on the matter. Watch on Facebook:...
Frontier Privies and Cowboy Cooks
Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian and vice president of the Wild West History Association. His latest book is Arizona Oddities: Land...
Was Wyatt Earp Really a Deputy U.S. Marshal?
Wyatt Earp, who has become controversial since his fictionalization by television, did serve in both Dodge City and Tombstone as a legally appointed...
Why Didn’t the Earp Brothers Have Any Children?
Why Didn't the Earp Brothers Have Any Children? It’s a bit of an anomaly because they came from a family of seven children and one half-brother,...
The Earps Come To Tombstone But not Josie…
On December 1, 1879, Wyatt, James and Virgil Earp (and spouses) enter Tombstone. They’re looking for the pot of gold, but they’ll end up with...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs.
Outlaw Turned Lawman Turned Outlaw The strange tale of Ben Sippy.
Ben Sippy is best known as the man who beat Virgil Earp in the election for Tombstone marshal in 1880—and then suddenly (and somewhat mysteriously)...