Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
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The gunfight at the O.K. Corral pitted lawmen against members of a loosely organized group of cattle rustlers and horse thieves called the Cochise County Cowboys on October 26, 1881. While lasting les
Tombstone in 1881
Virgil Earp, wounded during the gunfight, was later ambushed by the Cowboys
Ike Clanton swore multiple times he would kill the Earps but ran from the gunfight
Pima County Sheriff Charles A. Shibell appointed Wyatt Earp as deputy sheriff over eastern Pima County.
Wyatt Earp
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Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was an American lawman and an assistant marshal to his brother, Virgil Earp. Earp was involved in the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which he and other lawmen killed t
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
…the carrying of weapons into town. To enforce that ordinance, the lawmen would have to disarm the Cowboys. The lawmen were three brothers, Virgil, Wyatt, and Morgan Earp, and Wyatt’s close friend Doc Holliday. As Deputy U.S. Marshal and Town Marshal, Virgil was in charge, and it was his decision to…
Earp and his mother Virginia Ann Cooksey Earp c. 1855
Earp's boyhood home in Pella, Iowa
Looking east from D St. toward 3rd St. in downtown San Bernardino in 1864
Lamar, Missouri, subpoena signed by Constable Wyatt Earp, February 28, 1870