Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

This photograph depicts a statue of 4 men on horseback, with pistols raised in air. The statuary is based after a painting by Frederic Remington. It was built for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, MO in 1904. 

 

In this article, author Margaret Melloy Guziak writes about Wyatt Earp's relationship with his wife, Josephine. The article focuses on Josephine's background and discusses her thoughts concerning her husband.

In this article, author Laura Wolff Scanlan discusses the role of Jewish-American settlers in shaping the American West. She discusses the opportunities that Jewish settlers had in the West and their impact on Western history.

This photograph, taken by Camillus S. Fly circa 1890, is titled "Dodge City [Kans.] Peace Commissioners." In the photograph, from left to right, are Chas. Bassett, W. H. Harris, Wyatt Earp, Luke Short, L. McLean, Bat Masterson, Neal Brown.

This photograph, taken by famed photographer Dorothea Lange, shows the tombstone of Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury, and Frank McLaury, the three men killed at the O.K. Corral gunfight. 

This image is a Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona. It shows the location of the notorious 1881 gunfight between the Earp Brothers and Clanton Gang.

 

John H. Behan, Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona Territory in 1881, testifies he was present on Fremont Street during the gunfight in which William Clanton, Tom McLowery and Frank McLowery were killed. Behan says he attempted to disarm both the Clanton/McLowery and Earp/Holliday groups, and…

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