Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is a event of legendary proportion which has been portrayed in numerous Western films. The actual event occurred on October 26, 1881, in a vacant lot, known as lot 2, in block 17, behind the corral, in Tombstone, Arizona (a corral is like a livery stable; the analogous location in Denver was called the Elephant Corral).

Wyatt Earp, Morgan Earp, Virgil Earp, and Doc Holliday fought against Billy Claiborne, Frank McLowry, Tom McLowry, Billy Clanton, and Ike Clanton. Both McLowrys were killed, as was Billy Clanton.

An episode of Discovery Channel's Unsolved History uses modern technology to reenact the incident concluding that this was a misuse of police power, although the issue has been hotly debated over the years.

Films

• Frontier Marshal (1939)
• Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die (1942)
• My Darling Clementine (1946)
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) (television)
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
• Hour of the Gun (1967)
• Doc (1971)
• Tombstone (1993)
• Wyatt Earp (1994)

• A more detailed account of the Gunfight