d, so itwas to their surprise when they got in sight of the villains and saw their pistols at theirside and their shotguns on their horses. This startled the Earp brothers and caused themto immediately draw their weapons. This made the outlaws think that the Earp brotherswere about to murder them so they drew their weapons. No one really knows who shotfirst but thirty seconds and several gunshots later, Billy Clanton and both McLaurys weredead, and Virgil and Morgan were wounded. Billy Claibourne and Ike Clanton ran awaywhen the shooting started. This event in western history is still reenacted today. Anyonecan go to Tombstone, Arizona and watch the reenactments. It has turned into a largeprofit generator for business in the city and for the city itself. Also, there have been twomovies produced about these events. One of them is called Tombstone and the other iscalled Wyatt Earp. Both of these movies are true to the Hollywood style of exaggeration. Both movies make the gunfight look like a ten to fifteen minute battle between good andevil when in all actuality, it lasted no more than thirty seconds. Today, when people think of Wyatt Earp, they think of the gunfight, but thatepisode was just the beginning. The war between the Earps and the outlaws actuallylasted for several months. When the rest of the “Cowboy” clan found out about thisgunfight, they thought of it as cold blooded murder and were enraged. They made up adeath list that included the Earp brothers, Doc, the Mayor and even Wyatt’s lawyer. Eight weeks after the gunfight, Virgil was ambushed by men with shotguns. Fortunately,he was only hit once in the left arm, although he lost the use of that arm. Morgan on theother hand, was not so lucky. He was shot and killed one night in a billiard hall whilebending over a pool table playing pool. After Morgan’s murder, Wyatt and Doc becamevigilantes and set off to deal with the “CowboysR...
