Gunfight At The O.k. Corral [FAST]

The dust cleared with three Cowboys dead——while Virgil, Morgan, and Doc were wounded . Wyatt Earp emerged entirely unscathed .

The gunfight was relatively obscure until the 1931 publication of largely fictionalized biography, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal , which transformed Earp into a folk hero . Today, the event stands as an archetype of frontier justice and has been immortalized in films like Tombstone (1993) and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) . The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: Shootout & Aftermath Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

The is widely regarded as the most famous shootout in the history of the American Old West . Occurring on October 26, 1881 , in the silver-mining boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territory, the entire clash lasted approximately 30 seconds . Despite its name, the shootout did not actually occur within the O.K. Corral; rather, it took place in a narrow vacant lot six doors down on Fremont Street, near the photography studio of C.S. Fly . The Main Players The dust cleared with three Cowboys dead——while Virgil,

was later ambushed and left permanently maimed . Today, the event stands as an archetype of