Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

When long-brewing conflict between feuding clans in Tombstone, Arizona finally reached its culmination on 24 October 1881, the resulting gun violence did not last more than a few dozen seconds. Hardly anyone at that time could have predicted that the incident, known as the ‘Showdown at the O.K. Corral’, would gradually assume epic proportions and become a crucial part of American folklore. The myth of the O.K. Corra…