JOHN HENRY "DOC" HOLLIDAY

ne of the most famous gun battles of all time, the gunfight at the OK Corral, took place in Tombstone on October 26, 1881. Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp, along with Doc attempted to disarm a cowboy group consisting of Billy Clairburn, Billy Clanton, Tom McLaury, Ike Clanton, and Frank McLaury. Three of the cowboys were killed and Virgil Earp was wounded. The fight lasted only 30 seconds. At the time, the key players had no idea that they had just been involved in the most famous gunfight in the history of the Wild, Wild West! After the fight, a bystander, R. F. Coleman, commented, "Doc Holliday was as calm as if at target practice and fired rapidly." Apparently, however, this was not the case. Doc returned to his hotel room where Kate was waiting for him. She later recalled, "After the fight was over, Doc came in, and sat on the side of the bed and cried and said, "Oh, this is just awful-awful." The story of The Gunfight at the OK Corral, eventually became a moviemaker's dream.