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2 unusual facts about gunfight at the O.K. Corral


Colt Buntline

There is no conclusive proof as to the kind of pistol Earp usually carried, though it is known that on the day of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, October 26, 1881, he carried an 8 inch (200mm) barreled .44

The Ballad of Little Joe

As the story begins we are introduced to the brothers (Jean Claude & Phillipe and their brothers) and Little Joe (Larry) (an obvious allusion to "Little Joe" Cartwright) who all live at the "Okie-Dokie Corral" (an obvious parody of the O.K. Corral).


Contention City, Arizona

In the wake of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Ike Clanton attempted to have Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday tried in Contention City after a grand jury refused to indict them in Tombstone in the wake of the Spicer Hearing.

Eduardo C. Corral

His collection "Slow Lightning" was chosen by Carl Phillips for the prestigious Yale Younger Series Poets Prize.

I Walk Alone

This was the first of several films that Lancaster and Douglas made together over the decades, including Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Devil's Disciple (1959), Seven Days in May (1964), and Tough Guys (1986), establishing the pair as something of a team in the public's imagination.


see also

Dan Greenburg

Greenburg has had small acting roles in several films he's written, including Private Lessons, Private School, and I Could Never... He had ten speaking scenes in Doc, the Frank Perry remake of Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, playing the role of John Clum, editor of the Tombstone Epitaph.

John Behan

Johnny Behan (1844–1912), Cochise County sheriff involved in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

The Ballad of Boot Hill

"The Ballad of Boot Hill" was recorded in 1984 by country and western singer Johnny Western which appeared on his 1989 album Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on Bear Family Records.