Gunfight at the OK Corral Archives

The Life and Legend Begins

by Mark Boardman | Mar 27, 2024

Wyatt Earp is born in Illinois. March 19, 1848. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp is born in Monmouth, IL. He will live a long and interesting life, often a...

Arizona Myths and Legends

by Marshall Trimble | Dec 4, 2023

These are some popular myths about the Grand Canyon State. Actually there are hundreds of lost mines in Arizona. The Gunfight at OK Corral was...

Trivia About the Street Fight in Tombstone

by Marshall Trimble | Oct 16, 2023

How small was the space that the fight took place in. How did anyone survive the battle? Were the guns back then really that inaccurate? Was...

The Sheriff on the Stand

by Mark Boardman | Nov 10, 2022

John Behan testifies in the OK Corral hearing. November 2, 1881. Cochise County Sheriff John Behan takes the stand in the OK Corral preliminary...

Helldorado

by Marshall Trimble | Apr 5, 2022

When did someone realize that the historic area of the gunfight was a good investment for tourism? The Gunfight didn’t occur at the OK Corral but...

An O.K. Day!

by Bob Boze Bell | Dec 9, 2021

Funny what a hunch can produce. I didn’t see any ads or notices about the event in Tombstone. I just knew I had to be there, in the corral, for the...

William Hunsaker

by Mark Boardman | Nov 19, 2021

One of the forgotten men of the OK Corral hearing was William Hunsaker. He was the law partner of the celebrated Tom Fitch—but he had his own...

Ike Ran

by Mark Boardman | Nov 11, 2021

But was he a coward as he left the Tombstone street fight? It’s well known that Ike Clanton ran during the OK Corral shooutout—that Wyatt Earp held...

Lead-Up to a Shoot-Out

by Mark Boardman | Nov 10, 2021

A Cowboy’s view of what started the OK Corral fight. So why did the OK Corral gunfight take place? According to Cowboy Ike Clanton, it started with...