1881: Gunfight At The O.K. Corral

October 26th, 2009

On this day in 1881 there was a gunfight. A gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Doc Holliday joined the Earp brothers, Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan, in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, AZ. They went up against members of the Clanton gang of suspected cattle rustlers. Wyatt Earp and Billy Clanton opened the battle — the most famous gunfight of the Old West — with Doc shooting Billy in the chest. Less than thirty seconds later, three men lay dead and three were wounded. Doc had shot each of the dead cowboys at least once. Virgil had been shot in the leg and Morgan through both shoulders. Holliday was wounded in the hip. Only Wyatt Earp survived the fight untouched.

There is a lot of debate about what really happened that day. Can you imagine if people had a camcorder back then? The movies are good, but it would be awesome to have seen the real thing.

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