The feud continued long after the two had left Tombstone. Wyatt Earp. William “Billy” Breakenridge. They were certainly on opposite sides during the...
Earp Versus Breakenridge
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Wyatt Earp
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...
Stitching Together a Relationship
Wyatt and Allie Earp bonded over a sewing machine. The legend goes that Allie Earp, Virgil’s wife, didn’t think much of his brother Wyatt. At least...
The Women Behind the Gunfight
The Earp women were frantic when the guns went off. So when the OK Corral fight broke out, what were the Earp women doing? According to Virgil’s...
With a Gun on Her Hip
Allie Earp was armed after the OK Corral. March 20, 1882. A train carrying members of the Earp family was leaving the Tucson train station en route...
William Hunsaker
One of the forgotten men of the OK Corral hearing was William Hunsaker. He was the law partner of the celebrated Tom Fitch—but he had his own...
Tom Fitch
Tom Fitch (photo) is best known as one of the great lawyers of the Old West. He successfully defended the Earps and Doc Holliday at the OK Corral...
Believing Ike Clanton
Will McLaury accepted the testimony at the OK Corral hearing. Ike Clanton’s testimony at the OK Corral hearing was dramatic. He accused the Earps...
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...
More Favorite Smoke Wagons
Reading the pulp westerns one would conclude that the Colt revolver was the only pistol used in the Old West. Remington built a fine six-shooter and...
The Aftermath of the Gunfight Behind the OK Corral?
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...