gunfight at the ok corral
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Gunfight at the OK Corral. History Thru Film Mr. Clark. KEY FIGURES. Wyatt Earp. b. March 19, 1848 stagecoach driver, railroad construction worker, surveyor, buffalo hunter, and policeman, sheriff. 1876: chief deputy marshal of Dodge City, Kansas - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Gunfight at the OK Corral
History Thru Film
Mr. Clark
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KEY FIGURES• b. March 19, 1848
• stagecoach driver, railroad construction worker, surveyor, buffalo hunter, and policeman, sheriff.
• 1876: chief deputy marshal of Dodge City, Kansas
• 1879:Wyatt and bros. go to Tombstone, Arizona; reputation as a gunfighter
• d. January 13, 1929
Wyatt Earp
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KEY FIGURESJOHN HENRY HOLLIDAY
• b. August 14, 1851.
• Tuberculosis strikes family
• educated man; fluent in Latin; played the piano; a dentist; talent for playing cards; good gambler
• dying from disease; moody, drank a lot; always wanted to die (fearless); instant friends w/ Wyatt Earp
Doc Holliday
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Sanatoriuma an institution for rest and recuperation (as of convalescents) b : an establishment for the treatment of the chronically ill <a tuberculosis sanatorium>
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KEY FIGURESMorgan Earp Virgil Earp
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KEY FIGURESIke Clanton Frank McLaury
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KEY FIGURESIke Clanton Tom McLaury
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KEY FIGURESSheriff John Behan
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OpponentsCowboys
• Joseph Isaac "Ike" Clanton
• Billy Clanton (killed)
• Frank McLaury (killed)
• Tom McLaury (killed)
• Billy "The Kid" Claiborne
Law
•Wyatt Earp
•Virgil Earp (wounded)
•Morgan Earp (wounded)
•John Henry "Doc" Holliday (wounded)
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The Earp FactionWyatt Earp, Virgil Earp, James Earp,
Doc Holliday, Morgan Earp
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Trouble Begins• Oct. 25, 1881: Doc
Holliday drinking in local saloon in Tombstone, AZ
• becomes involved in drunken dispute with Ike Clanton (unarmed)
• each man threatens each other’s life
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Trouble Begins• Oct. 26, 1881: Ike
Clanton goes looking for Holliday to “settle” dispute
• Virgil and Morgan Earp find Clanton and “detain” him
• Billy Clanton and Frank McLaury find out about Ike’s trouble
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Trouble Begins
• The “Cowboys” gather in town looking for revenge for the “injustices” against their brothers
• the Earps gather Doc Holliday and decide to “disarm” the Cowboys
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Trouble Begins• Virgil Earp receives word that the Cowboys were gathering at the OK Corral (and armed)
• the Cowboys had threatened to kill the Earps and Doc, if they did not get out of Tombstone
• the whole town gathered
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Wyatt Earp’s Drawing Prior to the Shootout
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Lot Near OK Corral
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Gunfight• The two sides meet near
the OK Corral
• Wyatt Earp and Billy Clanton opened the battle
• Doc shot Billy in the chest, then shot Tom McLaury down with a double charge of buckshot. (died before he hit the ground)
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Gunfight• Ike Clanton turns to
run away
• Wyatt allows him to go freely
• Doc shoots twice at Ike (barely misses)
• Frank McLaury shoots Doc's holster and burned a crease across his hip
• Doc's return shot smashed into McLaury's brain
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Wyatt Earp’s Drawing After the ShootOut
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Gunfight Ends• Less than thirty seconds after the opening shot,
three men lay dead and three were wounded.
• Doc had shot each of the dead cowboys at least once.
• Virgil had been shot in the leg
• Morgan through both shoulders.
• Only Wyatt Earp survived the fight untouched.
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Gunfight Ends
Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Clanton
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Legend • This incident had become one of the greatest stories ever told about the Wild West.
• Numerous movies made about this event as well as about the individuals involved
• short battle made legends that have lasted hundreds of years