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  • Wyatt Earp Fought Here, but the Corral Isn't O.K.

    08/08/2005 3:21:26 AM PDT · by Pharmboy · 101 replies · 2,253+ views
    NY Times ^ | August 8, 2005 | ANDREW POLLACK
    Corbis SygmaFew buildings in this 1881 photograph of Tombstone are still standing. TOMBSTONE, Ariz., Aug. 3 - George Spangenberg sold weapons to both Wyatt Earp and the gang he faced at the O.K. Corral. Today visitors can see the G. F. Spangenberg gun shop - "Est. 1880," according to its sign - standing on Fourth Street. Well, actually, the shop was established only 16 years ago to cater to tourists and has no connection to the gunsmith whose name it borrowed. "We don't say it's the same shop," said Jim Newbauer, a manager of the store, which is across...