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On This Day in History: Oct. 26, 1881 - The Earps Shoot It Out at the OK Corral in Tombstone...
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Posted on 10/26/2007 6:22:53 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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A great story from the Old West. History belongs to the victors.
I wonder how history would have been written if the Clantons had won the gunfight?
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posted on
10/26/2007 6:23:45 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
Wyatt Earp at about age 21, photo about 1869
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posted on
10/26/2007 6:24:50 PM PDT
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DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
Not bad for a gunfight that lasted about 20 seconds or so.
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posted on
10/26/2007 6:26:35 PM PDT
by
TMSuchman
(American by birth, Rebel by choice, Marine by act of GOD!)
Supposed photo of Holliday in Tombstone, AZ. 1882.
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posted on
10/26/2007 6:27:01 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
Walter Brennan would have had a better career. ;-)
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posted on
10/26/2007 6:28:05 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Fred Thompson '08)
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posted on
10/26/2007 6:29:19 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
“I’m your Huckleberry”
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posted on
10/26/2007 6:40:55 PM PDT
by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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posted on
10/26/2007 6:43:52 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
Billy Clanton, Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury are buried in Boot Hill Cemetery, Tombstone, Arizona.
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posted on
10/26/2007 6:48:31 PM PDT
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DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
To: DogByte6RER
What did the Earps and Clantons do in Tombstone when they weren't spoiling for a fight? Why, they partied like you and I, Dude! In this rare photo, Wyatt Earp is seated on the left with a drink in one hand and a cigar in the other. Seated on the right is Dodge City gambler Luke Short. That's Doc Holliday standing behind Wyatt with his arm around Tom McLaury, one of his victims in the OK Corral fight. The tall fellow in the white suit is Ike Clanton. Leaning over is Morgan Earp and the cocky looking kid on the far right is Billy Clanton. Notice how many are wearing party hat
To: Luke Skyfreeper
lol
I remember that episode.
Kirk and crew were in the Clantons’ camp!
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posted on
10/26/2007 6:53:20 PM PDT
by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: BallyBill
“Why Johnny Ringo...you look like someone’s just stepped over your grave”.
To: Atchafalaya
Yup, I’ll be your huckleberry.........
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posted on
10/26/2007 7:02:41 PM PDT
by
umgud
(Axis of Propaganda; lib academia, lib media, lib entertainment)
To: TMSuchman
Not bad for a gunfight that lasted about 20 seconds or so. Gosh, in the movies it can last almost an hour.
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posted on
10/26/2007 7:25:56 PM PDT
by
colorado tanker
(I'm unmoderated - just ask Bill O'Reilly)
To: DogByte6RER
i used to have a paintball field and one of my favorite games was the shootout at ok corral... each team of five would have unloaded markers and walk towards each other til they were 25 feet apart... a very noticeably short distance when you know the other guys will be firing at you soon...
re-creations are very close to the actual thing... all heck breaks loose and bodies and paint flew every which way...
before the shooting i would here, ‘we’re way too close’ and ‘let’s go already’ translated to ‘i’m your huckleberry’
hehehe
i miss those games.
teeman
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posted on
10/26/2007 7:26:13 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
To: DogByte6RER
"I wonder how history would have been written if the Clantons had won the gunfight?"
They would have blamed Bush ;-)
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posted on
10/26/2007 8:22:51 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: DogByte6RER
The Earps were known by another name... "the Fighting Pimps."
The Hollywood movies are a little... off.
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posted on
10/26/2007 8:53:33 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: colorado tanker
I got to meet Wyatt’s Great grand nephew a few years back & he recounted the gun fight from Wyatt’s journal. It was like two “gangs” spoiling for a fight. History has things all mixed up just like hollywierd!
Also Morgan Earp was run out of Yuma, Az. for cheating at cards. the sheriff is quoted as saying “There is a train headed east & a train heaeds west at sun set, you best had better be on one of them!”
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posted on
10/26/2007 9:00:31 PM PDT
by
TMSuchman
(American by birth, Rebel by choice, Marine by act of GOD!)
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