The Problems with the OK Corral

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  • Many things about the shootout at the vacant lot behind the OK Corral are misunderstood.
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  • @johnlea8519
    @johnlea8519 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Being a Brit Western fan a few years back I had a vacation in Arizona, Tombstone and Boot Hill were amazing, loved every minute.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank You!

    • @kimberlypatton9634
      @kimberlypatton9634 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      My dream was always to visit Langtry Tx ,the saloon of Judge Roy Bean - he's always been a love of my heart! We went one summer on vacation and it was fantastic! We also went to the Alamo and to Alamo Village movie set where the John Wayne movie was filmed.Ih the Longhorns were incredible on that ranch,as it's private property.I live in Texas and have years before our trip.Amd then I discover through ancestry search that my family has been Texans since before the Alamo and I'm related to Col.Travis by me paternal grandmother who was born a Travis. And settled in Abilene( near where I live) and in Morgan Mill,not far from the house I own
      I now know I've come full circle ..right back toy roots where I needed to be I suppose!

    • @riff8114
      @riff8114 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The wife and I drove up to Tombstone ourselves. I grew up in Tucson, so very familiar with Tombstone.Her, my wife, being from California enjoyed the experiences of the outing 😷👍

  • @TheRageaholic
    @TheRageaholic ปีที่แล้ว +23

    My favorite detail about the shooting - that, bafflingly, still hasn't been filmed to my knowledge - is that it was lightly snowing in Tombstone on the day of the gunfight.
    That would look absolutely amazing on film. No idea why no one has done it.

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    “He’d sell his own mother”. Sixty years ago my mother emphatically told me Wyatt Earp was a bad man. On the basis that her mother told her so. Grandma had an opinion on everything

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +20

      He was clearly an opportunist. Not sure he was that bad of a man, compared to others.

    • @Devin_Stromgren
      @Devin_Stromgren ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@ArizonaGhostriders Take away his fame and he probably isn't someone any of us would want to associate with, that's for sure.

    • @Idahoguy10157
      @Idahoguy10157 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@ArizonaGhostriders … my grandmother was a widow with a grade school education in a small Iowa farm town. She had no connection to Arizona or the Earps. She probably got this opinion from a sermon.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Idahoguy10157 Either way, she may not have been wrong!

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Devin_Stromgren I agree

  • @addicted2tone349
    @addicted2tone349 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    As someone who’s been in the middle of a gun fight, shit happens fast and I think everyone sees what they see.
    Trauma, shock, adrenaline whatever.. It really goes down quickly when bullets start flying.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Add to that black powder smoke restricting vision and it's amazing there was any accuracy at all.

  • @joewright2304
    @joewright2304 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Having worked with law enforcement it makes sense to me that the Earps would have their weapons drawn. After all, if you think you may need it, the last place it should be is in the holster.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Plus it adds that, "They've already got their guns out" psych-out which I bet throws the baddies off their game.

    • @NickRN7-rr2ti
      @NickRN7-rr2ti 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      As they all had a legal right to do. Nevermind the fact that Wyatt later claimed that he believed they were there to kill him and his brothers. Why walk into that with a pistol tucked away if that's what you really believe?

    • @user-ch4ok3ei6w
      @user-ch4ok3ei6w หลายเดือนก่อน

      Many believe that this shoot-out,was about controlling the profits that was to be made in Tombstone,rather than law enforcement.

  • @joelhurley2678
    @joelhurley2678 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Santee, I have a Co-worker who is a Grandson of the Clantons and McLaurys. His family records state that the Earps were Cattle Rustling also from Mexico. His family Diary states " That he didn't understand why the Earps were bothering them, because they rustled Cattle also. Enjoyed the show, and thanks for sharing this great History Lesson.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LOL! Well, that sure is interesting. I knew they were opportunists, but that's just funny.

    • @la_old_salt2241
      @la_old_salt2241 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Competing businesses then?

    • @joelhurley2678
      @joelhurley2678 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@la_old_salt2241 According to my Co-worker's Mom, they knew what was going on with Earps. They didn't understand why they were bothering them, when they also were Cattle Rustling. His Mom has her Grandfather Clanton's Diaries.

  • @SmallCaliberArmsReview
    @SmallCaliberArmsReview ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I forgot all about the Star Trek one. It'd be pretty neat to see every film version of just the shootout, different actors, directors and cinematographers. Very cool video Santee!

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank You!

    • @cha5
      @cha5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I do get a kick out of the fact that both the 1950’s movie and that Star Trek episode ‘Spectre of The Gun’ had actor DeForrest Kelly in them.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cha5 Oh yeah!!! It never occured to me.

    • @patrickt6642
      @patrickt6642 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One of my favorite star trek episodes.

    • @Frankie5Angels150
      @Frankie5Angels150 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cha5
      And playing the role of Frank McClowery too, I believe.

  • @CaucAsianSasquatch
    @CaucAsianSasquatch ปีที่แล้ว +45

    There was a RPG called Boothill, it the boxed set was a map set with the full casting of the OK corral. We worked through what supposed to have happened, and we discovered some odd inconsistencies. At least as far as the mechanics are concerned. I've often wondered how off history is.

    • @RicArmstrong
      @RicArmstrong ปีที่แล้ว

      Most history is distorted. Sometimes on purpose. Just look at the modern news media. Future historians will use it to document "facts" even though they're outright lies.

    • @knightatthecrossroads222
      @knightatthecrossroads222 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Napoleon said......"history is a set of lies agreed upon.....". So why visit school regularly if bunch of lies is taught there....?

    • @kencoffman7145
      @kencoffman7145 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I remember boot hill!!

    • @CaucAsianSasquatch
      @CaucAsianSasquatch ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That makes 2 of us.. I still have the box set.. somewhere in my donjon

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I saw that RPG!!

  • @imyourhuckleberry2648
    @imyourhuckleberry2648 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Something that always bothered me is Doc Holliday's clothing in movies. eyewitnesses said he often ( and at the actual O.K. Corral gunfight, ) wore a black bowler hat with a black bow tie and a gray shotgun coat. I think a movie where he is portrayed that way would be fantastic.

  • @kmorris180
    @kmorris180 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    You know, you can just hear the joy and total excitement in Dan's voice when he said, "Wow, you're a wealth of knowledge." You can tell that he really meant that. Another great video. I look forward to reading the coroner's report on that. I always enjoy that. I may even post it in the mortician's group. I'll have to link it through your video so folks can get a better picture of what happened. Thanks for always being informative and entertaining.

  • @tyjohnston8573
    @tyjohnston8573 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Last visited Tombstone 4 years ago. Was surprised how many longterm locals still seemed to hold to a grudge over the famous gunfight. I thought, if I, a descendant of Devil Anse Hatfield, can get over the Hatfield and McCoy feud, then these folks should be able to move on. But different places and slightly different eras. It's all good.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Grahams and Tewksbury's still hold a grudge. I saw it first hand in Holbrook a few years ago.

  • @europhile2658
    @europhile2658 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I went to Tombstone in the late 80's. Back then they had some gallows set up. I read a notice nearby where they listed the hangings that had taken place in the 1880's. I was surprised how few there were. At one point there was an interval of over 20 years between them, probably fewer than you might
    get in a modern town

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's still there. At the Courthouse museum.

  • @waynedaly1718
    @waynedaly1718 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    First rule of law enforcement…..Never bring a drunk dentist to a gunfight. Made for an interesting serial on the very early Dr Who. Thanks again Santee. Thoroughly enjoyed this.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL!!!

    • @veramoore9186
      @veramoore9186 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who better than a dying psychopath drunk dentist with a shotgun?

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@veramoore9186 An advantage...if he's on your side.

    • @skeletonbuyingpealts7134
      @skeletonbuyingpealts7134 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think that got slightly rubbed out from people always pointing to that rule

  • @snappers_antique_firearms
    @snappers_antique_firearms ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great video. It is astonishing how myths, dime novels and movies have clouded the true story of what happened that day.

  • @richiec7602
    @richiec7602 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The Earps were charged with murder and a trial was held. There is a transcript of the trial on the internet. Many years ago I read a book titled “Wyatt Earp: The life behind the legend “ by Casey Tefertiller and is very interesting account of Wyatt and his life. I guess it is time re-read it again. Thanks for your videos. Always interesting.

    • @rickkinki4624
      @rickkinki4624 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They were never actually charged with murder, and no trial was held. They were indicted, and the inquest was held to decide whether there was enough evidence to bring the Earps and Holiday to trial. It was presided over by a Justice of the Peace, Wells Spicer, and there was no jury. Just an inquest.

    • @richiec7602
      @richiec7602 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sorry, my bad. You are correct sir. Thanks for the update

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It was pretty much a landslide for the Earps that "preliminary hearing"

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Preliminary hearing was about it.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@richiec7602 No prob.

  • @Dream_E25
    @Dream_E25 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As a kid born in Arizonan, but only lived there till I turned 3 these videos really help me learn about the history of my state even if I can’t travel, thank you!

  • @mherod51
    @mherod51 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    You solved the "who started it" issue - in both the movie Tombstone AND the Star Trek episode one of the bad guys makes the first move for his gun which precipitates the whole shootout. Congratulations Santee! Thanks for resolving a long disputed issue.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well....Kirk knows all.

    • @mherod51
      @mherod51 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ArizonaGhostriders maybe Russell saw the Trek episode & believed Roddenberry had the facts...

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@mherod51 No doubt!

  • @dougbrower422
    @dougbrower422 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Excellent recap, Santee! Like life, there is a lot of grey in this conflict. Neither groups had any angels among their members. As a side note, last time we were back in Nome we saw a plaque commemorating the location of Wyatt’s bar/saloon during the gold rush there. That guy got around!!

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He did. Followed the opportunities.

    • @Frankie5Angels150
      @Frankie5Angels150 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fun fact: Wyatt Earp’s authentic barstool had the seat replaced three times and each of its four legs and crossbars replaced several times each.

  • @oasis6444
    @oasis6444 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Always a pleasure to watch your vids.
    Brings the old west history, mood and flavor to all of us (France in my case).
    Thx and keep going. 👍😃

  • @robertbuckey6517
    @robertbuckey6517 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Another awesome episode Santee! Always cool to learn about the gunfight in the vacant lot by CS Fly's studio next to the OK Corral.
    Fun fact, I was born on the 100th Anniversary of the gunfight.

  • @jamesmcdonald5504
    @jamesmcdonald5504 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of your best yet! Thanks for that y'all do!!!

  • @Grapthor24
    @Grapthor24 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Amazing, you included Star Trek TOS in the scenes, a favorite episode of mine. Subscription earned!

  • @OverOnTheWildSide
    @OverOnTheWildSide ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The key to a good video is a properly placed goat scene. Well done.

  • @TimKoehn44
    @TimKoehn44 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent and very informative. It has been interesting to see how this incident has been spun over the years. Thanks Santee! Have a great weekend!

  • @rickkinki4624
    @rickkinki4624 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Terrific video, Santee!
    I've discussed this with many modern proponents of both sides, that the Earps were heroes, and that they were villains. One argument of the anti-Earp side is that there is no real evidence that any of the Clantons or McLaurys ever threatened any of the Earps.
    Of course, we know that morning, Virgil "buffaloed" Ike Clanton, and Wyatt did the same to Tom McLaury. Here's what I think happened. Prior to the gunfight, as they were preparing to leave town, the Clantons and McLaurys were were talking, very publicly, about what had happened, and were letting off some steam. "I'm gonna kill Wyatt for what he did to me," ranted Tom McLaury. "Yeah, and I'm gonna kill Virgil!" replied Ike.
    They probably were not serious threats, but they were heard saying this by the witness called H.F. Sills and others, who reported those words to Marshal Earp as serious threats. Of course Virgil took these threats seriously, and set out to disarm those men.
    But I do not believe that the Earps set out to murder the Clantons and McLaurys, just to disarm them.
    Just my educated opinion!
    -Desert Rat Rick

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think Virgil was probably the one who would have just disarmed them, but the others were maybe out to settle the score.

  • @RoJoMe
    @RoJoMe ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love watching TH-cam videos about Tombstone. Mainly because I grew up there. Off and on, I lived there over 40 years. I graduated from Tombstone High School, and even went to school with both Susan Goldstein (her family owns The Longhorn Restaurant and Big Nose Kate’s Saloon) and Bill Hunley (he owns The Birdcage Theatre).
    I could tell you stories that would curl your cowboy boots. LOL

  • @JohnDavies-cn3ro
    @JohnDavies-cn3ro ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lor, but seeing the Wyatt Earp TV series takes me back to my very young childhood. More recently I had a colleague, now sadly deceased, who was related to Wyatt - her surname was Earp too. Apparently the Earps, Clantons and Hollidays originally came from the British West Midlands (where my friend also lived) and some local historians wonder if the feud between them really began over here. PS - for my money the best OK Corral movie was an late 1930's film, almost now forgotten, starring Harry Carey Snr. It was certainly more accurate than the Burt Lancaster or Kevin Costner versions.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      There were a few Earp children. Even though Wyatt never had any, others did.

  • @JeffDeWitt
    @JeffDeWitt ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting and well done as usual, and it's great that you included the classic Star Trek clip. While I've seen a number of versions of the story over the years I've seen that one the most.

  • @kevincollier4147
    @kevincollier4147 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for another fun and well presented video. Good to see Dan back too!

  • @joemortimer1763
    @joemortimer1763 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great episode as always. Love the perspective you put on it. Great to see Dirty Dan!

  • @marcthomas2482
    @marcthomas2482 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another good one Santee! Enjoyed your stream with Richard the other night!

  • @bigblue6917
    @bigblue6917 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bat Masterson had been in Tombstone with Wyatt Earp before the incident next to the OK Corral but had to go off to assist his brother and by the time he returned the fight was over. If he had been there the chances are he would would have just cuffed a couple of them at the side of the head with his pistol and then thrown them in the jailhouse. Masterson had no time for Doc Holiday as he viewed him as a drunk and a troublemaker.
    Interestingly all four of the Star Trek actors appearing in westerns. In fact DeForest Kelley had made a number of western prior to appearing in Star Trek and has said that it was his best time as an actor.
    Eye witnesses not being able to agree as to what happened has been a long known problem. There is also the Rashomon Effect which is about how the more times witnesses retell the story of what they say the saw the more they change what it is they saw. The Rashomon Effect comes from the film Rashomon which is the story is about the rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband and are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter. It was later remade by Hollywood as a western with William Shatner.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It might have been a different day with Masterson. We can only speculate.

  • @wadejustanamerican1201
    @wadejustanamerican1201 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the coroner's inquest! Have a great weekend.

  • @MakerBoyOldBoy
    @MakerBoyOldBoy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for helping to blow away the smoke of mythology from this incident. I always thought it was simply the Earps cornering the Cowboys on the empty lot as they tried to leave town. A side note. The original metal bars in Earp's jail were dug up in Tombstone's garbage dump. The flat bars had a big rivet at each crossbar connection. The bars were very twisted and rusted. My friend Doug Thamert got the contract to use his forge to straighten and clean the bars so they could d be reinstalled in the old jail for historic authenticity. This Thamert did and when delivered for payment as per the contract no payment was made. Thamert was unable to get his money. The shadiness of this incident seems quite apropos for this shady time period snd history.

  • @mistervacation23
    @mistervacation23 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What's really interesting is the affidavits they found a few years ago. For instance Mrs King was buying some Meat for dinner at Bauers Meat Market, when the Earps and Doc Holiday passed the store, she ran to the back.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL!

    • @mistervacation23
      @mistervacation23 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArizonaGhostriders true story might have not been an affidavit, I think it might have been a witness statement

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mistervacation23 Probably.

  • @squint04
    @squint04 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great episode Santee! And you even brought out the famous Tombstone/Star Trek episode!! Looked as if they crashed the Bonanza sets on the Paramount lot. Thanks for the visit, have a Happy Thanksgiving! See you next week

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL!

    • @Frankie5Angels150
      @Frankie5Angels150 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The street on which Edith Keeler gets run over in Star Trek’s “City on the Edge if Forever” was the same set as Mayberry. Kirk and Edith pass “Opie’s Steps”, Andy’s Courthouse, and Floyd’s Barbershop (with the name still on the window!) It was all DesiLu Studios.

  • @rhondaz356
    @rhondaz356 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Another great video, Santee and company... You NEVER disappoint. *I think you have the best correlating audios and videos of all the TH-cam channels.🤠 Arguably, the most famous shootout in all Western history, and there are still some *questionable aspects... Now, to go back and read the coroner's report.👏🌵👏

  • @ericruss4189
    @ericruss4189 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another fantastic video as always. I always enjoy them and I am always learning. Hope to one day hit your way and do you up some good ol' Brunswick Stew.

  • @TUCOtheratt
    @TUCOtheratt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is a good one! Nice info.

  • @edgabel6814
    @edgabel6814 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You guys are so much fun. Salute from down the road in Bisbee - where a lot of bad guys hid out from the law in Brewery Gulch.

  • @oldkbellguy5156
    @oldkbellguy5156 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Perfect Saturday morning viewing!

  • @terryschiller2625
    @terryschiller2625 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video Santee. I've have always been interested in the shooting at the OK corral. The link to the corners report was amazing thank you sir.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      With all the grammatical errors, it's a tough read. I actually copied it and fixed them all so I wouldn't cringe.

    • @terryschiller2625
      @terryschiller2625 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArizonaGhostriders I found it very interesting thinking about that was the period and grammar back then. 🤠

  • @ronaldhuss8915
    @ronaldhuss8915 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Having spent many years investigating homicides, shootings robberies and such....you can get all kinds of stories from witnesses in the same room. Point of view, fear, bias etc...good job Johnny two names

  • @wemcal
    @wemcal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great information on the event…never know what happened.. great in-depth

  • @thompuckett9547
    @thompuckett9547 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for including the coroner's report. Some of what you had said I had learned on various shows over the years. The only thing for sure is it wasn't at the coral. One thing I would like to see would be a reenactment using appropriate powder. I expect and others seem to agree that after the first couple of shots that it would be difficult for both sides to see each other. I would love to see a forensic reporting on that reenactment.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I plan to do an episode on black powder and its effects in a room and outside during a shootout.

  • @stevejorgensen5523
    @stevejorgensen5523 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As usual a great video. I read a short article, I forget who wrote it, but the arthur had taken Jophin back to Tombstone. After the rode he said you could not convince him that Mr Earp was an out right killer.

  • @oregonoutback7779
    @oregonoutback7779 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am pretty firmly convinced; the writing of history is very similar to that kid's game of telephone.

  • @k.j.lindsey3048
    @k.j.lindsey3048 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video again. I agree with you about reading the inquest for the story. The primary sources always tell it best

  • @AlphaTraveler1
    @AlphaTraveler1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Santee, your videos always give me something to think about or teach me something I didnt know. LOL. Super Cool my friend. 👍👍👍👍

  • @indigowolf556
    @indigowolf556 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really loved watching this video you did on the OK corral.
    Thanks again Santee!!!!🤠🤠🤠

  • @adamobrien4088
    @adamobrien4088 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome as always bud! Well done 👍

  • @scenicdriveways6708
    @scenicdriveways6708 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great episode! I really enjoyed my visit to Tombstone.
    JT

  • @JimBailey
    @JimBailey ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much Santee: That was really interesting. Will check out the link you posted. Thanks again. :)

  • @mcwatersd
    @mcwatersd ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Over the years I have seen so many versions of this event I often wondered what was the real story' Thank you for giving new insight into it in an awesome manner. Great video. Tried to read the Coroners report with difficulty due to the brown line down the center . Keep Safe ❤Keep Well ❤

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I copy and pasted it to a blank document, then cleaned up the grammar. Try that.

    • @mcwatersd
      @mcwatersd ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ArizonaGhostriders I certainly will go back and check that out Thank you

  • @michaelpage4199
    @michaelpage4199 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was a great bit of history. You really smoked it. I got a bang out of it.

  • @BradSprinkle
    @BradSprinkle ปีที่แล้ว +3

    History is always slanted to the perspective of the writer. Nothing is ever really neat and wrapped with a pretty bow. Really good one folks 🤠👍 Keep them coming.

  • @c-secofficer123
    @c-secofficer123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can’t even count how many videos about the OK Corral I’ve watched.. but the second I see one.. I click

  • @keithmaxwell2169
    @keithmaxwell2169 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good Job Santee, That's the First Time I've Ever Heard About The Running Iron Starting the Trouble

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      We will never know what really started the trouble. The running iron was just one part of it. There was a stagecoach robbery/killing and the murder of Fred White to name a couple more incidents.

  • @Dsdcain
    @Dsdcain ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for the new video.
    Be safe out there, and take it easy man.

  • @chelseadanico877
    @chelseadanico877 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting and informative video, I really liked and enjoyed it.
    I learned a lot about the OK corral from the old west.
    I got a lot of inspiration for the old west/classic retro sci-fi/weird fiction story I’m writing.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank You! Glad it inspired you.

    • @chelseadanico877
      @chelseadanico877 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArizonaGhostriders thanks and your welcome 🌟😎👍🏼

  • @ParaisoSensorial
    @ParaisoSensorial ปีที่แล้ว +2

    New friend here.
    Congratulations for this perfect video.
    Happy Sunday. Greetings. 🔔💕1521

  • @outsiderimages
    @outsiderimages ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another awesome video 🙌🙌🙌

  • @Not_An_Alien
    @Not_An_Alien ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glad you had the Star Trek episode, that's how I got my OK corral knowledge.

  • @handlebarslim78
    @handlebarslim78 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was a really good video. I appreciate you gentlemen so much.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!

    • @handlebarslim78
      @handlebarslim78 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ArizonaGhostriders you buckaroos are top shelve for sure. I appreciate y'all for sure. My alias is handlebarslim.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@handlebarslim78 Thank you, Handlebarslim!

  • @jjsadventures
    @jjsadventures ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Very informative as usual

  • @hankfrankly7240
    @hankfrankly7240 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always love enjoy it when you "only the facts ma'am". As best you can concidering the facts we know. Fun to talk about anyway. Good one.

  • @johnholliday5874
    @johnholliday5874 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I grew up with that Hugh O'Brien show and that theme. Hearing it again today, so campy! 😅

  • @chelseadanico877
    @chelseadanico877 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job and well done.
    I’m definitely going to be adding a old West shoot out to my old West/classic retro sci-fi/weird fiction story I’m writing.
    I’ll be combining it with esoteric occult concepts to make it even more interesting.

  • @jimmythetout109
    @jimmythetout109 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nova , rana doc several years ago , on PBS ....which used information , including eye-witness accounts ......from the Tombstone town hall .......which shows / proves clearly that the shoot-out took place in a space between 2 buildings .....the back wall , of which , separated that space ....from the OK Corral ..The space was approx 16 feet wide , the shootout took less than 30 seconds .

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, the other house is gone now (Harwood house) but it was, like I outlined in the diagram, a very tight spot.

  • @jimpurcell
    @jimpurcell ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome video!

  • @deancox8634
    @deancox8634 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great documentary. Always puzzled by people who make a point of saying 'But the gunfight wasn't in the OK Corral, it was at Fly's Photography studio.' Well I've been to Tombstone. You coulld spit from Fly's into the OK Corral (if you were inclined to do such a thing). The use of the name 'Gunfight at the OK Corral' is fully justified.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A lot of people don't know this, but about 20 years ago the current owners wanted to copyright the name so that anyone who used it payed them a royalty.

  • @just_justin7
    @just_justin7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for another video! :)

  • @williamchristopher1560
    @williamchristopher1560 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Santee. Hey pard how ya doin? Got snow here yesterday, the 11,11. Hey I was wondering, whats with the dotted lines on the side of Hffords Saloon, and a few businesses further down the street? Thanks, and take care yourself. Mild Bill

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Snow, eh??
      I can't read what is near the dotted lines to tell you. I imagine it was a property line...?

  • @danielballinger4135
    @danielballinger4135 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the great video.

  • @mr.brasskutt5385
    @mr.brasskutt5385 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excelente informe sobre el controvertido hecho. Agradecido desde ya Mr.Santee. 👍🔫

  • @marshalofod1413
    @marshalofod1413 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome vid, Santee!
    Just one bone to pick... Even if it is just opinion!
    I'm not sure I'd describe the Clanton and McLaury family members as actually being members of the CCC. They appear to have been more along the lines of business associates. (I forget his first name, but one of the McLaury sons, not present during the fight, was a lawyer, who was part of the inquiry. Hmm. Talk about conflict of interest!) The Clantons and the McLaurys were ranchers, and used the "services" of the CCC to boost "revenue". Like not being part of the mob, but asking them for, um, help with the competition. Except, most of what went on was more about selling/buying stolen cattle, and less about breaking someone's legs.
    With that stated, they were also known to have engaged in cattle rustling, personally, as well. So, they could also technically be considered members of the CCC. The CCC were loosely organized, and the "membership", at any given time, varied greatly. It's not like they issued ID cards, and collected monthly dues. Lol. Of course, if the Clantons and Mclaurys were "members", that would make Sheriff Beehan one as well, considering his own connections.
    Oh, and one other thing... Right on. Wyatt had a pretty checkered past. However, he seems to always have been "righteous" when conducting himself in his actual boots-on-the-ground, lawman-about-town law enforcement duties. That's not to say he didn't profit from office, as many lawmen did. Even sheriffs often were paid with a percentage of county taxes collected. Plus, Wyatt did what he did, like running a gambling outfit (often strong arming others) in his off duty time. Yet, he seems fairly honorable in his actual dispensing of the law. That's why I generally come down on his side.
    There is Doc Holliday, as well. He was never the outlaw that legends make him seem, but he was an outlaw, and not the nicest of individuals. However, he seems to calm down a bit, whenever he is around Wyatt. It's like Wyatt was good for him, and he, possibly, good for Wyatt. Though, that is just how I interpret what I've learned about the Georgia dentist, and the Peoria "bummer". If some analysis of historical information is correct, that they had a falling out over antisemitic comments by Doc (Josephine Marcus having been Jewish), than that is indeed a sucky ending of their friendship, and John Henry Holliday's life.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, that's why I said they were "loosely organized."
      What I've grown to understand is that most people take one side or the other and defend it to the point of ridiculousness.
      Those rustlers and their CCC cohorts would have eventually been shot or shooed out of AZ by other lawmen. It just happened to be the sketchy Earp family that did it. Ike was killed about 6 years later doing outlawy things...so, there ya go.

  • @ponydiehl8775
    @ponydiehl8775 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    well edited and researched🤠

  • @MECH-MASTER
    @MECH-MASTER ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this channel. 👍

  • @SquareTableDegenerates
    @SquareTableDegenerates ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love visiting Tombstone it's a great tourist area. What struck me was the period clothing and how abjectly HOT Tombstone was, like to wear ALL them clothes in that heat with no AC back then? My GOD

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes. However, on that day it was pretty chilly. Some say there was a dusting of snow on the ground (unseasonable for AZ).

    • @roryreid3124
      @roryreid3124 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ArizonaGhostriders lol last time i went to AZ my wife and i went in the end of june in a black ford van no a/c and had to stay in the van at night we finally headed north and stayed at my aunt and uncles house in vegas first a/c we had gotten in a week watched fireworks on the 4th of July and headed back to washington state i probably lost 6 pounds on that trip ... fat guys like me should never leave the rainforest for Arizona in the summer 😆🤣😉👍

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      @@roryreid3124 🤣

  • @jeremymullins1294
    @jeremymullins1294 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very cool. I read Jeff Guinn's book, 'The Last Gunfight' which for me cleared up a lot about what we know and don't know!

  • @erice4611
    @erice4611 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should do a video on Crown King, AZ and the old Bradshaw city area and it’s old cemetery.

  • @marcuswooldridge
    @marcuswooldridge ปีที่แล้ว +1

    looking the next instalment (or show), but till Dirty Dan and you Sans have happy and safe Thanksgiving!

  • @calvarymcguire6075
    @calvarymcguire6075 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Narrow beds" I like that

  • @palerider7171
    @palerider7171 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think Tom Calvin’s “Tombstone” does a good job recounting the events. You may want to read his work “Dodge City” first. Though it doesn’t focus totally on the Earp’s and some parts are repeated in “Tombstone” it does background context to Wyatt and other players life before the move to Tombstone.

  • @mikefranklin1253
    @mikefranklin1253 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Compared to the Boots vs the Sandals in Laredo, this was a girl scout meeting.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Or even the Battle of Ingalls. That's what I mean, not the largest body count. Maybe the best lead-up though!

  • @led8541
    @led8541 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video Santee

  • @fordenginebuildersv8power184
    @fordenginebuildersv8power184 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another very cool history lesson!

  • @Sterlingl3591
    @Sterlingl3591 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Santee! Which movie did you like the best? Tombstone or Wyatt Earp?

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Tombstone. However, Wyatt Earp followed the history closer.

  • @silvereagle1960
    @silvereagle1960 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would like to see an episode about Mysterious Dave Mather, my relative!

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Will do

    • @silvereagle1960
      @silvereagle1960 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArizonaGhostriders Mysterious Dave Mather seems to be the most underrated gunfighter in the west and was connected to the most famous gun fighters in the west, and not included, or mentioned in western movies?

  • @toddandrews9829
    @toddandrews9829 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This shootout has so many different tellings and viewpoints it's never going to be settled. I would like to see one about Reilly and the shooting at the "Crossing" just for your take on it.

  • @RedProg
    @RedProg ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yep...."A wealth of knowledge" appreciate you folks

  • @Grizzlybike
    @Grizzlybike ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved it!

  • @chelseadanico877
    @chelseadanico877 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here’s some paragraphs from my old West/classic retro sci-fi/weird fiction story story I’m working on writing:
    Long long ago in the now forgetter by most, times now unknown during the ancient ProtoFrontier paleo-old west era of PreMyth during the cryptozoic eon there was the frontier settlement once known as Koiyukàn outpost within the frontier wilderness of Nèhànnu territory.
    Near that from town were the Dutchman mines within the Eldon-Corral caverns
    The frontier Koiyukàn outpost had constant raids and other issues with the outlaw-cult members known as ‘the order of Oculis.
    The sheriff of Koiyukàn whose name was Mathaius ( pronounced as Math-Ai-yis) Hopeton was really busy for much of the days being on guard, watching out for the cult outlaws ‘ the order of Oculis at the towns entry lookout tower.
    The infamous yet feared dreaded deadwood forest/Ordovhai shadow woods is near the Koiyukàn outpost.
    Everyone in the town fears the place and they avoid it at all times.
    It’s said that a lot of high strangeness goes on in those woods, there’s always a hazy grayish crimson ectoplasmic mist that hangs over the area at all times.
    A eerie unsettling feeling permeates through out the entire forest, including around it as well.
    That same forest is where the from mining outpost of CopperCoal Creek would be founded in the coming years by the Wickersham-MacCloud brothers on top of the Blackwood hills by CopperCoal Creek.
    The Wickersham-MacCloud brothers currently live in Koiyukàn outpost, their father is deputy to sheriff Mathaius Hopeton.
    Their fathers name is Mekailiel Hopewell.( pronounced as Me-kai-lee -el)
    I hope you all really like these paragraphs from my old West/classic retro sci-fi/weird fiction story I’m writing.

  • @michaeldaltonsr8954
    @michaeldaltonsr8954 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanx!! Your addition(which I find interesting perspective) adds to the collection of other perspectives of the famed gunfight @ OkyDoky Corral(just as real as O.K. CORRAL). I've believed only parts of them, because of several reasons. Gossip, Gossip and Gossip being top three. Observation and Actual Evidence being @ bottom. BEST(IMO) Re-enactment/ Examination being one hosted by Kenny Rogers, many years ago.(It may have been one of HISTORY CHANNEL's) I found it very PROBABLE scenario. I found yours very interesting/w/ new info/ perspective. It appears you put sweat-equity into it. TY.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Much appreciated. I feel it's always good to go off of the eyewitness testimony to get the closest feel for what happened. Sure, witnesses lie or mis-remember, but what else do we have to go on?

  • @parhogbom5160
    @parhogbom5160 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very interesting as Always! 👍👍👍👍👍🇸🇪

  • @nightgoblinspearman
    @nightgoblinspearman ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The bass from the skeleton climbing out made me almost jump out of bed

  • @seymourwrasse3321
    @seymourwrasse3321 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    for the most part, the movie version is always played by older men, Jason Robards was pushing 50 when he played Doc Holliday that was dead at 36 six years after the battle

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wyatt Earp with Costner may be the closest to the way it happened.

  • @trynsurviven2440
    @trynsurviven2440 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just when you think the subject is starting to die down someone comes around kicking up their heels getting folks all fired up again.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Subject was dying down? Not here in AZ, it ain't.

    • @trynsurviven2440
      @trynsurviven2440 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArizonaGhostriders I guess I didn’t highlight the puns too well (face in palm).

  • @thomassmestead9905
    @thomassmestead9905 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite was "Tombstone". It wasn't necessarily historically accurate, but I loved the movie, anyway.
    And yeah, it didn't happen at the corral, itself, but way I heard it, in an adjacent empty lot.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว

      Correct, it was an unofficial exit behind in an empty lot.

  • @jasonattenborough4026
    @jasonattenborough4026 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another excellent video, Santee! I do have one issue is the use of the word "Cowboy", back in my ancestor day a "Cowboy" was a lad who had to "mother" a dogey, and for a man to do it was an embarrassing event and often called "Cowboy" as an insult. My ancestor was called a cowboy, taking care of an orphan calf and other calves for a while. Anyways, with "eyewitness" stories, often at the time, try to make themselves part of the event. I suppose what I would trust would be a newspaper wrote at the time. Anyways, excellent video Santee.

    • @ArizonaGhostriders
      @ArizonaGhostriders  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, we know in 1881 it was used to describe the Clantons & McLaury's (It's in the testimony).

    • @marshalofod1413
      @marshalofod1413 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cowboy, at that time, had not yet made the switch to being used to describe cattle workers; i.e: ranch hands. (Some places it may have already begun to be used in that way???) From what I've researched, it was used as an insult for cattle rustlers, initially, though I have heard it used in the way you stated. (That may have been the origin, but history rarely ever records etymology (word, and usage, origins) perfectly!) Eventually, it progressed to being used for any sort of brigand. If you called someone a "cowboy", then you'd likely end up in a fight, at a minimum. (However, the switch to a positive connotation varied in time and place. For example: Call someone a "cowboy" in Tombstone, at one point, and it's an insult. Call them that in Saint Joe, MO, at the same time, and it wasn't an insult. (