In the fight, Doc Holliday used two firearms - a revolver of unknown make and a short double-barreled coach gun concealed in his coat.
44 Russian, but it’s not known if he carried it that day. Virgil was known to favor the Smith & Wesson New Model No. It’s unknown what specific model Morgan carried, but Wyatt was armed with an 1869 Smith & Wesson in. Virgil, Wyatt, and Morgan all carried revolvers. If we look at what each participant was carrying, or in the case of the cowboys not carrying, the whole showdown sounds a lot less heroic. It was Virgil who asked Wyatt, Morgan, and Doc Holliday to assist him that day.Īll four men had previous experience as lawmen, but this was Virgil’s fight.
From left to right: Frank McLaury Tom McLaury Billy Clanton The LawmenĪlthough Wyatt Earp has been framed as the central character in the events, his brother, Tombstone City Marshal Virgil Earp, was the actual legal authority behind the attempted disarming.Īlthough Wyatt himself had previously worked in law enforcement, Virgil had the most experience and only deputized Wyatt three days before the shootout. When the smoke cleared, three of the cowboys were dead, but the lawmen survived. Now, Tombstone city law prohibited carrying weapons in town, so the lawmen set out to disarm them.īut the situation went south, and bullets started flying. On October 26, 1881, Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp, along with their friend Doc Holiday, received reports that some infamous cowboys (at this time, cowboy meant horse thief and cattle rustler) were in town refusing to disarm. Naturally, as the story is told and retold, the lines between fact and fiction blur, and the real details of the event mix with dramatic embellishment.
The 30-second shootout between Wyatt Earp’s band of lawmen and the Cochise County cowboy gang in Tombstone, Arizona, is part of our collective history - played out in over a dozen films. Corral is a staple of American West storytelling. Trending: Ammo in Stock, Best Beginner Handguns, & Best AR-15s
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