Wyatt Earp and his brothers...

[PALADIN85020]

Thought I'd pass along these photos that rest in the old county courthouse in Tombstone, Arizona. These are actual photographs taken of Wyatt and his brothers around the time of the OK corral fracas. A different time...

John



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[Chop]

Cool old pictures of the brothers.

 

[WardenRoss]

Hollywood got it pretty close...

 

[Rudi]

I always liked Wyatt's advice on gun fighting. "I's better to be a bit more accurate, than a bit too quick".

 

[Rodan]

I always liked Wyatt's advice on gun fighting. "I's better to be a bit more accurate, than a bit too quick".

I always heard it as "take your time in a hurry"...

What I usually told students is "you can't miss fast enough to win a gunfight."

Anyway, looking forward to a stroll around town and dinner in Tombstone this evening. We try to go about once a month.

 

[S-W4EVER]

I always heard it as "take your time in a hurry"...

That’s what we were taught. Good advice, just as valid today as it was in 1881.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

"Speed is fine but accuracy is final."

 

[27 Man]

Those guys all sported those heavy mustaches. Bet they were a mess eating a greasy cheeseburger with a load of mustard.

 

[WR Moore]

Well..... some of them were known as "soup strainers."

 

[mtgianni]

I remember visiting and thinking it was a very nice courthouse tour. A lot of history in that building.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Got the book!

I remember visiting and thinking it was a very nice courthouse tour. A lot of history in that building.

My maternal grandfather served on several juries there around the turn of the 20th century. He was a mining foreman in Bisbee and Tombstone was the Cochise County seat then. It subsequently moved to Bisbee. The old courtroom has been restored to look as it did in those days, and most of the furniture is original. The old "twofer" gallows still graces the walled courthouse backyard.

John









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[oldbrownhat]

Well..... some of them were known as "soup strainers."

Hence the invention of the moustache cup

 

[rockquarry]

I always liked Wyatt's advice on gun fighting. "I's better to be a bit more accurate, than a bit too quick".

That reasoning clashes with today's aspiring Internet gunfighters who practice their fast draw and seldom mention accuracy; a huge magazine capacity is more important.

 

[don5]

Hence the invention of the moustache cup

I have one of those. It looks like the bottom one. My mom gave it to me. She said it was a family heirloom.

 

[Harrison]

That reasoning clashes with today's aspiring Internet gunfighters who practice their fast draw and seldom mention accuracy; a huge magazine capacity is more important.

The motto of USPSA is Speed, Power and Accuracy. USPSA is the primary action shooting sport in the U.S. You don't get extra points for shots that go outside the A Zone. A huge magazine capacity is a help if you have multiple targets to service, and stopping to reload places you in danger..Maybe that is why our military exclusively uses 30 round magazines in their rifles/carbines.

 

[rockquarry]

The motto of USPSA is Speed, Power and Accuracy. USPSA is the primary action shooting sport in the U.S. You don't get extra points for shots that go outside the A Zone. A huge magazine capacity is a help if you have multiple targets to service, and stopping to reload places you in danger..Maybe that is why our military exclusively uses 30 round magazines in their rifles/carbines.

I wasn't referring to a shooting game, my comments were directed more toward the make believe gunfighters. I should have made that clear.

Military use is entirely different. It's easy to see the need for a large magazine capacity for such.

 

[charlie sherrill]

I always heard it as "take your time in a hurry"...

What I usually told students is "you can't miss fast enough to win a gunfight."

Anyway, looking forward to a stroll around town and dinner in Tombstone this evening. We try to go about once a month.

I love Tombstone. I want to go at least one more time.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Well..... some of them were known as "soup strainers."

How genteel! Much nicer than what they were often called in the Navy.

 

[Smoke]

Hollywood got it pretty close...

They left out the part where all of the Earp's women, including Josephine Marcus, were "Ladies of the evening" and that the Earps had interests in a few local Bordellos.

 

[madmikeb]

I live about 15 minutes from Tombstone, I go through there all the time but only stop occasionally. I guess I really need to check out the inside of the courthouse!