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OK Corral Anniversary Today

130 years ago today, Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton were all alive. But 130 years ago tomorrow, on October 26th, 1881, they made the mistake of entering into history as dead men, buried quickly at Boot Hill in the boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona. They were the dead men of Tombstone... and the losing side of the "Shootout at the OK Coral". But not Doc Holiday, Wyatt Earp, Morgan Earp and Virgil Earp. They entered into a place in history like no others...30 seconds, 30 rounds, 130 years later....It may easily have been the first shoot out and the last gunfight of the wild west. It's a story that changed the West...even to this day. More than that, it's a story that changed how we SEE the West - especially today/Dennis Mansfield. More here. (Hollywood Pictures photo from movie "Tombstone")

Question: Dennis Mansfield goes on to say that the shootout at the OK Corral affects how the West is viewed today. Do you agree?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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