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Even When It Comes To History, The Customer Is Always Right. By Leigh Rich THE STORY IS all too familiar. The characters are always the same--Wyatt and Virgil, Billy and Ike, Doc Holliday, Johnny Ringo, Sheriff Behan and Big Nose Kate. And the conflict expeditiously plays out at the O.K. Corral. But the latest maverick to arrive in the town too tough to die is a Norwegian scholar with new views on the legendary Arizona gunfight. Far from the cozy comforts of temperate Norway, Odd Are Berkaak ...

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Dr. George Goodfellow of Tombstone is best-remembered today as the "Gunshot Physician." He patched up outlaws like Curly Bill Brocius, doctored the wounded Virgil and Morgan Earp after the Gunfight at OK Corral. When the mortally wounded Billy Clanton asked to have his boots removed so he could “die with his boots off,” Doc Goodfellow obliged.

May 3, in history: In 1469, Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian politician, writer, historian and philosopher, was born. The renaissance diplomat is best known for his 1513 treatise, "The Prince," in which an “ends justify the means” idea of politics employs being sneaky, cunning, and having no moral code. Today he is often called the father of modern political philosophy. In 1802, Washington, D.C., was incorporated as a city. In 1921, West Virginia imposed the first State Sales Tax. In 1937, Marg...

True West Magazine Gunfight at OK Corral Are the guns used by the participants at the Gunfight Near the OK Corral in Museums or in the hands of private collectors? There have been many guns touted as being “authentic” over the years but thus far none have been confirmed.  Jeff Morey and Casey Tefertiller are two of the most noted experts on the Gunfight Behind the OK Corral. Morey, says “Frank McLaury’s and Billy Clanton’s six shooters were identified by their serial numbers at the S...

The Truth About Wild West Gunfights Shutterstock By Joseph A. Williams/Jan. 22, 2021 11:53 am EDT Shootouts in the Wild West are, in the popular imagination, full of stereotypes. Many movie-goers have seen Clint Eastwood as a lone drifter coming to mete out justice through the barrel of a gun or an all star team of gunslingers defending a village ravaged by bandits. The Wild West, and in particular its shootouts, are engraved into popular culture. But are these shootouts true? ...

To very briefly recap this historic October 26, 1881 event, it was the good guys against the bad guys. It was Wyatt Earp, Virgil Earp, Morgan Earp, and Doc Holliday against Billy Clanton, Ike Clanton, Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury, Billy Claiborne, and Wes Fuller. Old-timers still argue about which sides were good and bad. The actual gunfight took place in a small lot on Fremont street, six doors down from the OK Corral. The city ordinance stated that no firearms were allowed within city limits a...

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Stranger Things Finn Wolfhards new movie adds Wynonna Earp star This is a bromance in the making. Jesse Eisenberg is making his directorial debut with a forthcoming movie titled When You Finish Saving The World and its got support from some big Hollywood names including Finn Wolfhard and Julianne Moore. Wynonna Earpstar Billy Bryk is the newest addition to the movies cast, Deadline reports. Billy is good friend...

we turn those small spaces into stand-alone images of a free space of trade. of a free market. all of the regulatory framework that is necessary to create a little space like that as a space of free trade. the illusion really is to think that there can be such a thing as voluntary compensated exchange that can occur without all of the mechanisms required to put it in place. the chicago board of -- board of trade is a perfect example. and institution we think of the ideals of the space ...