Earp Family Reunion

Camillus Sydney Fly’s other claim to fame (for his first claim to fame, see the “War Planner“ sketch) was the “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.” Despite what the name suggests, the October 26, 1881 gunfight involving the Earp brothers (Morgan, Virgil and Wyatt) and Doc Holliday on the one side, and the (Cochise County) Cowboys (specifically Ike and Billy Clanton and Tom and Frank McLaury) on the other, didn’t actually occur at the O.K. Corral. It actually occurred in an alley outside Fly’s Photography Gallery. We suspect the titles “Gunfight Six Doors West of the O.K. Corral's Rear Entrance” or “Gunfight Outside Fly’s Photography Gallery” though more accurate, probably weren’t used because they weren’t quite as catchy from the marketing perspective. C.S. Fly played a minor role in the gunfight by taking the pistol from Billy Clanton as he lay dying from his gunshot wounds.

Thanks to gothicwestern.com and the February/March 2022 edition of True West Magazine for providing much needed background information for this sketch.