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THURSDAY. MARCH 7. 1963
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By DENNIS LANDRY
United Pre International
Tombstone, Ariz. - (IIPI1 -Ask
any young kid what this
historic western town is
known for and he'll say Wyatt
Earp. Doc Holliday and the
Gunfight at the OK Corral.
Ask any tourist who has
visited here what else Tomb
stone is known (or and he'll
tell you boothill cemetery,
the Tombstone Epitaph and
the Crystal Palace saloon.
But that's about as far as
it goes. Only historians and
some of the old-time Tomb
stone residents can recall the
real Tombstone as it was some
80 years ago - long before the
movie screen and the tele
vision set saturated its color
ful past with trite and stereo
types. Con trary to dozens of
movies, the violent days of
early Tombstone were not
merely a dichotomy of good
guys and bad guys. In essence,
the goody guys weren't so
good and the violence which
prevailed was, at times, a
combination of their per
sonal revenge and glory-seeking.
Tombstone had a fast, tur
bulent beginning and a slow
lapse into its serene character
of today. It was founded in
1878, when a burly young
prospector named Ed Shief-
felin discovered vast amounts
of silver ore in the adjacent
Mule mountains.
Overnight, Tombstone be.
came a boom town. Miners
and prospectors streamed into
town by the hundreds. Mer
chants, doctors, blacksmiths
and the Wells Fargo line ar
rived in 1880, and some of the
more responsible citizens de-
cided a town marshal should
be brought in. In June 1881,
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Mayor John P. Clum hired
Virgil Earp, of Prescott, Ari
zona. Virgil arrived in Tomb
stone shortly after that with
his brothers, Morgan, James
and Wyatt, and a dentist turn
ed gambler, John Henry
"Doc" Holliday.
Fight at OK Corral
Although many flares of
violence occurred in Tomb
stone during the Earps' tenure
of "duty," the culmination of
differences occurred on the
afternoon of October 26, 1881,
when Virgil, . Morgan and
Wyatt Earp, with Doc Holli
day, fought the Clantons and
the McLowerys at the OK
Corral.
Cause of the show-down
was the McLowerys' refusal
to obey a new city ordinance
prohibiting the carrying of
firearms In the city. But it is
known that for some time
there was bad blood-between
the Earps, all Illinois Repub
licans, and the two clans,
which - like most other Tomb
stone residents - were south
ern Democrats. .
As the two groups met near
the Fremont strt mi.anM
to- the OK Corral, about 30
snots were .heard within, a
minute's time, and at th. -nH
of it all Billy Clanton, Robert
una 10m Mciowery were
dead., Morgan . and Virgil
EarD W l r A umnnrlnrt K,,t
lived, and Wyatt Earp and
Doc Holliday were unhurt..
Tombstone Restortd
In the late 1880's, when
water began filling up the sil
ver mines, Tombstone grad
ually died as a minincr Inuin
Today it Ls known . as "the
town too tuogh to die,"
larirnlv hpranut nf tha Affnw.
of the Tombstone restoration
committee to preserve the
town's Old West character.
The oldest nf th Tnmlulniu
old-timers can only recall the
association of their parents
and friends' with th Ram.
John Escapule, who was born
in -tombstone in 1894, recalls
how -his father was one of
the first men to follow Knhipf.
felin into the hills In search
of silver. "He knew the Earps
but had little to do with them.
Earp bunch was a tough
crowd, escapule said.
foimibstoinie of 8 Years Ago
Fred Bennett, 88, saw the
last . legal hanging in Tomb
stone in 1900. He believes
that Wyatt Earp may have
master-minded some of Tomb
stone's early crimes, particu
larly a stage coach robbery in
which the strong box was
emptied before the stage left
town.
"But Wyatt Earp had
nerve," Bennett says. "You've
got to hand him that."
One of the oldest residents
of Tombstone is Ethal Macia,
82, who remembers meeting
Wyatt Earp just once, in Colo
rado, long after the Earps had
left town. "Wyatt was a cour- historians call him a bum, a
teous man, and my family al- bigamist and a vagrant. What-
ways considered him a cour- ever his real nature, he and
ageous law officer." his brothers helped create the
Some say Wyatt Earp never drama of Tombstone's violent
was a law officer. And some era.
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