'The Clanton Gang' Set #1, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral--five figures and two hats
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'The Clanton Gang' Set #1, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Just seconds after the bullets begin to fly, two of the 'cowboys' slump to the ground, mortally wounded. Billy Clanton and Tom McLaury have both been hit, while Frank McLaury steps forward, pistol arm extended. Soon, he, too, will be a fatal casualty. Meanwhile, the remaining two 'cowboys' try to return fire on the lawmen.
“A TOWN CALLED TOMBSTONE”
The often blurred line between the law and the lawless came to a head in probably the most famous (and infamous) gunfight in the history of the American West: “The Gunfight at The Ok Corral’.
On one side was the ‘Earp’ brothers, Virgil, Morgan, and Wyatt, alongside their friend, Dr. John H. Holliday, better known as ‘Doc’ to allies and enemies alike. They were the law in Tombstone, Arizona.
On the other side was the ‘Clanton Gang’, which included ‘Ike’ Clanton, his brother ‘Billy’ Clanton, another pair of brothers, Tom and Frank McLaury, and a young friend, Billy Claibourne.
For many reasons there was a good deal of ‘bad blood’ between the two rival factions, and as Tombstone was a relatively small town with a great number of drinking and gambling establishments, it was inevitable that the two sides would come into murderous conflict sooner rather than later.
The gunfight itself happened on October 21, 1881, when the Earp brothers, who represented the local law, went up against a loosely organized band of cattle rustlers and horse thieves that included the Clanton brothers, the McLaury brothers, and their pal, Billy Claibourne. While lasting less than a minute in reality, this gunfight has been the subject of many books and several films well into the 21st Century! The gunfight itself was the result of a long simmering feud the lawmen brothers and the ‘outlaw cowboys’. The ‘trigger’ for this deadly event was a local ordinance that forbade the open carrying of weapons within the town’s limits. To enforce this law, the ‘Earp’ brothers would have to disarm the ‘Cowboys’, who were frequent visitors to the town and its many saloons and other establishments. At the time of the confrontation and perhaps as an addition to their numbers, the Earp brothers enlisted their friend ‘Doc’ Holliday as an unofficial deputy. Even shortly after the gunfight, there were conflicting stories about who fired the first shot--no two accounts seem to tell the same story; however, what is not in dispute is who died and who lived. After the fight was over, it had lasted a mere 30 seconds… three men were dead, all ‘cowboys’… Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury, and his brother Frank. Among the lawmen, Morgan and Virgil Earp were wounded, while Wyatt and ‘Doc’ were still standing. The gunfight was perhaps over, but the legend of the shootout that became ‘The Gunfight at The OK Corral’ was just beginning…
Due to be released in JANUARY 2026.
