Qualla: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral https://qualla.com/gunfight-at-the-o-k-corral en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/9/s/gunfight-at-the-o-k-corral-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral https://qualla.com/gunfight-at-the-o-k-corral Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: Introduction https://qualla.com/gunfight-at-the-o-k-corral/ Photo credit JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0. The gunfight did not happen at the O.K. Corral. That name came from a newspaper less than a month after the shooting, and a 1957 movie cemented it in popular imagination. The actual location was a narrow lot on Fremont Street between Fly's Boarding House and the Harwood house, six or seven men crammed into a space smaller than many modern living rooms. On October 26, 1881, in approximately thirty seconds of smoke and thunder, they fired roughly thirty shots. Three men died. Two were wounded. And America gained its most enduring symbol of frontier violence.

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/9/s/gunfight-at-the-o-k-corral-wp/9t9s-gunfight-at-the-o-k-corral-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: The Setup https://qualla.com/gunfight-at-the-o-k-corral/ Photo credit C. S. Fly, Public domain. By October 1881, tensions between the Earp brothers and a loose confederation of ranchers and rustlers known as the Cowboys had reached a breaking point. Virgil Earp served as Tombstone's city marshal. His brothers Wyatt and Morgan backed him up, along with the infamous Doc Holli...

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