[savedbygrace]

I watched another OK Corral story on one of the satellite channels the other day, and they said that, while the Earps were on the way to the Corral, the sherrif told them he had already disarmed the Clampetts, so the Earps hid their firearms as they approached.

[Condor51]

****...the sherrif (sic) told them he had already disarmed the Clampetts, so the Earps hid their firearms as they approached.****

Them Clampetts were a dangerous bunch. Granny was a deadly shot.

The Clampetts

I think you meant the "Clantons"

(just teasing)

[Bar-Face]

In the Trial transcripts, Wyatt Earp stated that he had his pistol in his coat pocket. I think I read the his brothers both had pistols in holsters under their coats. Holliday was armed with an express guard's 8 guage shotgun. (now there is stopping power) The cowboys were all wearing pistols in visible holsters. As stated by someone somewhere, this was a classic confrontation between urban and rural men.