Wells Spicer
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Wells W. Spicer was an American journalist, prospector, politician, lawyer and judge whose legal career immersed him in two significant events in frontier history: the Mountain Meadows massacre in the
Cropped from a group photo of John D. Lee's defense team in 1875
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.