O.K. Corral
O.K. Corral is a historic site in Tombstone, Arizona. The 1881 gunfight site—30 seconds that made Tombstone. It sits in the archive under the Old West and dark history. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors. For HauntHunt it is exactly the kind of file the archive exists for: a real place, a real record, and a story still being told.
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Is O.K. Corral haunted?
The record holds 1 claim — filed as reported, not verified. The heaviest filing is classed media reported. The archive documents the claim; it takes no position on the ghost.
The record — long form
The O.K. Corral is the gunfight that wasn't there — the 1881 shootout that happened in a vacant lot on Fremont Street, not in the corral on Allen. The Earps and Doc Holliday killed the Clantons and McLaurys in 30 seconds; the corral got the name.
The corral was the livery — the 'Old Kindersley' stable that was one of eight in Tombstone, the building that burned in 1882 and was rebuilt. The 1957 movie fixed it in the public mind; the actual gunfight site is a block away.
The corral is still there — the reenactments that happen in the wrong place, the Tombstone Historic District that markets it, the corral that's the gunfight's namesake. The file keeps the O.K. Corral: the 1881 shootout, the Fremont Street truth, and the corral that's still the legend.
The O.K. Corral is the archive's gunfight file — the 30-second shootout, the wrong location, and the corral that's still Tombstone's draw.
Why this file matters
The O.K. Corral is the archive's gunfight file — the 1881 shootout, the Fremont Street site, and the corral that's the West's most famous.
A corral that's the wrong place keeps its name — the file's suggestion being that the O.K.'s hold is the misnomer: the vacant lot where it happened, the corral where it didn't, and the legend that's still there.
The gunfight at the O.K. Corral pitted lawmen against members of a loosely organized group of cattle rustlers and horse thieves called the Cochise County Cowboys on October 26, 1881. While lasting less than a minute, the gunfight has been the subject of many books and films. Taking place in the town of Tombstone in Arizona Territory, the battle has become one archetype of the American Old West. The gunfight was the result of a long-simmering feud between five outlaws (including two sets of brothers) and four representatives of the law, including three brothers. The trigger for the event was the local marshal's decision to enforce a city ordinance that prohibited the carrying of weapons into
Gunfight at the O.K. CorralThe record of claims
The gunfight is documented history—its legend layer is enormous but grounded. O. K. O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. Coverage gave the claim its audience; proof remains another matter. The account appears in 'O. K. Corral'. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents.
Documented history
The October 26, 1881 gunfight is documented; three cowboys were killed. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The detail is preserved in 'O.K. Corral'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
Verified historyWikipedia
Sources on file
- 01O.K. CorralWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
Legend-road batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.