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   alt.old-west      Discussing the wild west, frontier life      1,275 messages   

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   GTT to Bass Guitar God   
   Re: MOST ACCURATE OK CORRAL FILM????????   
   29 Feb 04 12:28:14   
   
   From: laro@idworld.net   
      
   "Bass Guitar God"  wrote in message   
   news:20040229011423.19517.00000531@mb-m16.aol.com...   
   > >Do you have the Discovery Channel's "Unsolved History" episode?  They   
   > >showed how the movies got it wrong.   
   >   
   > I will keep a lookout for this. I already know the "raw facts" because I   
   read   
   > about the whole thing in my TIME LIFE OLD WEST library. They have a layout   
   of   
   > the town in drawings, and Wyatt and Virgil were going after the Clanton   
   boys   
   > because they were entering Tombstone without checking thier guns as per   
   city   
   > law, and they were going to demand they disarm. Doc Holliday, a very brave   
   man,   
   > became agitated asking Wyatt "Why can't I go with you??" and Wyatt   
   deputized   
   > him on the spot and the rest is history.   
      
   Some history; mostly legend, like the Alamo story.   
      
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