Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

The Famous Shootout in America Wild West ("Gunfight at the O.K. Corral." Princeton University. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2014.) We never know how fragile life is until we are faced with death. History says a gunfight happened at the O.K. Corral, in thirty seconds and caused a several deaths during those seconds. The shootout did not really occur at the O.K. Corral; it actually occurred behind a vacant lot quite close to O.K Corral. It may have been only a thirty second fight, but thirty bullets

Fargo & Company; the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. This event is very controversial even today. According to the name of the event, the shutout occurred in the back entrance of the O.K. Corral. Yet, according to the research that I have done, the shootout actually occurred about half a block over from the O.K. Corral in the side yard of ex-mayor William A. Harwood and from there it spread out into the middle of Fremont Street. Of course, "the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" sounds much better

Corral. Wyatt Earp is portrayed as an innocent hero and a romantic. After leaving his previous wife who had become addicted to drugs, Earp falls in love with Josephine Earp . Wyatt takes charge of the Earp-Holliday Gang and they control and govern the

with their own fights, and his last surviving son parted with gunfighting and started his own successful business.       Gunfights were common and took place regularly. The earliest gunfighters, or

legendary feud between the Earp’s and the Clanton’s. For the most part I believe it to be a respectable movie containing a powerful storyline. This film portrays the life and times of the famous cowboy, Wyatt Earp, focusing on what led to the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Tombstone provides a mixture of both fact and fiction, however I believe this film to be mainly accurate. After seeing this particular film, I have resulted in finding some of the accurate and incorrect scenes and facts. Just to name

Just a little before 3:00 P.M.the Earp brothers were walking down to the entrance of the O.K. Carral and the deputy of the town told him that the cowboys were leaving and were unarmed and Wyatt just ignored him and walked past him. When Wyatt got to them he walked up and said "You sons of bitches you wanted a fight well now you have one”

Wyatt Earp, a legend of the West, almost synonymous like Bufflo Bill, had entrance the nation with tales of outlaws, cowboy, and prowling lawmen. This has led to many myths surrounding the famous gunfight at O.K. Corral, in which its popularity as led to many films. The films, My Darling Clementine, Tombstone, and Wyatt Earp, share a common subject and information, however, each provides is own perspective into the Earps and the cowboy conflict. The films offer different versions of the same events

John Henry Holliday was born in August 14, 1851 in Griffin Spalding County, Georgia, U.S.A. His parents were Henry Burroughs Holliday and Alice Jane Holliday, and his siblings were Martha Eleanora Holliday and Francisco Hidalgo. John Henry (Doc) and his family moved to Valdosta, Georgia in 1864 and his mother died of tuberculosis two years later. Before they had moved his father taught him to shoot guns. As a young man, he want to Valdosta Institute where he learned three languages (Latin, Greek

the gunfights lasted just a little under a minute and this gunfight was the gunfight at the O.K corral. This fight consisted of two sides of the gun fight, one side consisted of Billy Claiborne, Ike and Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury. On the other side of the gun fight was the Deputy U.S. Marshal and Town Marshal Virgil Earp and his two brothers, Special Policeman Morgan and Wyatt Earp, along with Doc Holliday. This gunfight only lasted about one minute. By the end of the gunfight, the

that settles in a town called Tombstone with his two brothers. Later, they encounter a group of outlaws called the Cowboys which was led by Curly Bill and Johnny Ringo. Due to some conflict between the opposing sides, it causes a massive gunfight called the O.K. Corral in which the Earp brothers and long-time friend Doc Holliday, played by Val Kilmer, ultimately win the battle. As a result of the fight not ending in the Cowboys favor, they ambush the town in which leads to Virgil, played by Sam Elliot