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What really happened at the OK corral
2010-04-24
Posted by:lotp

#14  and on Fifth in the Gaslamp District in San Diego, so he's no less reputable than I... no offense to his heirs
Posted by: Frank G   2010-04-24 22:24  

#13  Did well for Dodge City. Whatever we may think he was, he was consistant.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2010-04-24 21:13  

#12  Wyatt Earp ran some saloons and gambling houses in Nome, Alaska, so he cannot be all bad.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2010-04-24 18:32  

#11  I read years ago, and again today, Wyatt Earp was a simple thug and Murderer, by the way Wyatt banned all guns in Tombstone, so he knew the Baddies were unarmed when he Murdered them, then used his Power to force the verdict.
Nothing new here, Just a thug with a badge.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-04-24 14:51  

#10  Perhaps, it made TombStone what it is today I guess.
Posted by: Shipman   2010-04-24 12:56  

#9  Gang fight, nothing more,

Well, one of the gangs had the public good in mind.
Posted by: gorb   2010-04-24 12:53  

#8  Gang fight, nothing more, nothing less. 1 side had shotguns, the other didn't.
Posted by: Shipman   2010-04-24 12:45  

#7  
Posted by: Willy   2010-04-24 10:39  

#6  Oneof the eyewitnesses was Mrs MJ King, a landlady who was on her way to the butcher's when she sensed trouble. "I saw quite a group of men standing on the sidewalk with two horses, near the market," she told the inquest.

"Getchyer horses off'n the sidewalk or there'll be shootin'"
Posted by: Frank G   2010-04-24 10:13  

#5  Pubs in a bad light once again in Arizona. Someone should ask McCain. He was probably there.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-04-24 08:31  

#4  The closest to a gunfight I saw in Tombstone was a drug transaction in the parking lot. Looked like a shuttle from the border, using RV's. Dangerous business nowadays.
Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091   2010-04-24 08:26  

#3  Interesting, NS.
Posted by: lotp   2010-04-24 08:04  

#2  Not much news here. Copies have been available for a long time. This is just the recovery of the originals.

I visited Tombstone with my son last summer. It didn't really jibe with my memory. I recall gunfights hourly on the streets. Now there's just the admission charged reenactment in the Corral. Turns out their biggest month is February when all the snowbirds flock into town. Not many come in the summer and not many kids at all.

Also turns out there was a lot of politics involved. Wyatt & Co were appointed by the Republicans to bring some law and order. The Clantons were a bunch of cattle rustlers who spread the money around so they could operate under Democrat inaction, if not protection. Some things never change.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2010-04-24 07:58  

#1  :)

Knowing my great uncle and my cousins from TombStone....


Hiya boys! See you this Christmas maybe?
Posted by: Shipman   2010-04-24 07:35  

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