Rare 1889 ARIZONA newspaper TOMBSTONE PROSPECTOR w OK CORRAL ad on front page

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Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: /Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL and very rare early Tombstone, ARIZONA NEWSPAPER, the Daily Tombstone Prospector (AZ) dated Sept 3, 1889. This newspaper has a prominent front page ad referencing the famous OK CORRAL on Allen Street in Tombstone, AZ, the site of the most famous gunfight in wild west history, the GUNFIGHT at the O. K .CORRAL !! This newspaper contains National and International news as well as LOCAL Tombstone news and ads from 123 years ago. Rare 1889 Tombstone newspaper with a front page reference to the O. K. Corral ! The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a gunfight that took place at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone , Cochise County , Arizona Territory , of the United States and which is generally regarded as the most famous gunfight in the history of the American Old West . The gunfight, believed to have lasted only about thirty seconds, was fought between the outlaw Cowboys Billy Clanton , Tom McLaury and his brother Frank McLaury , and the opposing lawmen Virgil Earp and his brothers Morgan and Wyatt Earp , aided by Doc Holliday acting as a temporary deputy of Virgil. Cowboys Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne ran from the fight, unharmed, but Ike's brother Billy Clanton, along with both McLaurys, were killed. Lawmen Holliday, and Morgan and Virgil Earp were wounded. Only Wyatt Earp came through the fight unharmed. The fight has come to represent a time in American history when the frontier was open range for outlaws opposed by law enforcement that was spread thin over vast territories, leaving some areas unprotected. The gunfight was relatively unknown to the American public until 1931 when author Stuart Lake published what has since been determined to be a largely fictionalized biography, Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal , two years after Earp's death. Lake retold his story in a 1946 book that director John Ford developed into the movie My Darling Clementine . After the movie Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was released in 1957, the shootout came to be known by that name. Since then, the conflict has been portrayed with varying degrees of accuracy in numerous Western films and books. Despite its name, the gunfight actually occurred in a narrow lot six doors west of the rear entrance to the O.K. Corral on Fremont Street, and also in the street. The two opposing parties were initially only about 6 feet (1.8 m) apart. About thirty shots were fired in thirty seconds. Ike Clanton filed murder charges against the Earps and Doc Holliday but they were eventually exonerated by a local judge after a 30-day preliminary hearing and then again by a local grand jury. On December 28, 1881, Virgil Earp was maimed in an assassination attempt by the outlaw Cowboys, and on March 18, 1882, they assassinated Morgan Earp . This led to a series of further killings and retributions, with federal and county lawmen supporting different sides of the conflict, which became known as the Earp Vendetta Ride . Some paper chipping at edges. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers pay $8 priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We accept payment by PAYPAL as well as by CREDIT CARD (Visa and Master Card) through secure on-line PROPAY. We ... read more

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