Clanton group

PictureTwo 5102202, originally uploaded by Carl Chapman.

The fight took place in a lot at Freemont and 3rd Street. It started with the Clanton group stirring up trouble with tough talk. Wyatt Earp responded by sticking a gun into the belly of one of the Clanton's, who fled the scene. Then, within seconds the gunfight started. When the dust cleared, three of the Clanton clan members were dead and two of the Earp brothers were seriously injured. The battle continued with the Earp brothers and Doc Holiday being cleared of murder charges. Then a few months later, in the dark of night Virgil Earp was shot. The injury left him with a crippled arm for life.