Tombstone.

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Harve:

I went to the link you posted. It was very intersting, but concerning Bukskin Frank Leslie's letter and order to Colt for an extra-long barreled revolver, it (the original letter) reads:

Colt Frontier Model to take Winchester Cartridges .44 Cal. the revolver to have a twelve (12) inch barrel, browned, superior finished throughout with carved ivory handle, also send scabbard or belt with everything complete for carrying & cleaning the Pistol ...
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Wyatt simply described his revolver's barrel length to be "about a foot long."
 
Wondered if anyone else noticed, what appears to be a Masonic emblem, worn around the neck of the one fellow - believe it was Turkey Creek Jack Johnson (guy with the blue shirt) .... who along with the other men, that had "dropped" from the Cowboy's gang, and fell-in-line with the Earps.
Could this be historical 'point in fact' .... or just something that has no relevant basis, to the historical accuracy of actual events?
Would anyone, by chance know, if any of the Earps .... Doc, or others, may have been Masons .... and if so; what part may this have played in any "alliances", (or lack of) .... or how it may have affected how certain situations 'played out' .... instead of being due only to "political affiliations"?
 
Thanks Old Fluff for straightening me out on how the carry law was repealed.

There was a reason why Peter Sherayko chose that 10", you could contact him on that link for Caravan West Productions, that's him. He also wrote a book about it.

Is it just me or do all the billboards advertising Tombstone have Wyatt's likeness looking like Kurt Russell:D , not Kevin Costner or any others.
 
One of my favorite movies, and for the rest of my life whenever someone mentions Doc Holliday I'll see Val Kilmer's face. He absolutely stole that movie with his portrayal of Holliday.
 
There are two articles on testimony of an eye witness to the OK Corral shootout named Sills. One is a court transcription, the other, a newspaper article.

To see both, go to the Western Outlaw and Lawman History Society:
http://www.westernoutlaw.com/

Ron
 
This is a good site to bookmark. :cool:

The articles mentioned are in .PDF format, so you may want to download them for later reading rather the doing so on-line.
 
Is it just me or do all the billboards advertising Tombstone have Wyatt's likeness looking like Kurt Russell , not Kevin Costner or any others.
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Well I think that Russell did steal the show... :D

Now if they had just got rid of that silly shoulder holster... :neener:
 
I hear Frank Stillwell has a marker now near where Earp killed him in Tucson.
Last time I was there I couldn't find it, but there is a reallly neat railroad display and locomotives.
On another note; when I visited there the depot clerk told me John Dillinger was handcuffed to the bench inside.
 
Old Fuff said:
IndianaDean:



Nope: The court transcripts say that for once the move was correct. Virgil had obtained the shotgun from the Tombstone Wells-Fargo Office prior to the fight when an excited citizen told him that Wyatt was about to take on the whole cowboy crowd at the local gunshop, where they were stocking up on extra ammunition.......
Ya really should read the testimony, it's much more interesting then any fiction. :)

Edited to add: Doc did indeed have a revolver, described as nickel plated - and the finish played an important part in the real story. In an unrelated fight he was described as having a ".41 self-cocker," but this may or may not be the one he used at the big shootout. As a side note, he carried it in a cross-draw holster.
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Cool. Yes I will have to read that. I enjoy that stuff. I recently read a book on Jesse James that exposed what an evil SOB he really was, but that period (late 1850s) was really messed up.
 
Tombstone is an awesome movie. IMHO, Val Kilmer deserves an Oscar for his portrayal of Doc.
 
I was thinking the turmoil that begat the violence in Missouri and Kansas during the War Between the States began in the late 1850s.
 
mbs357:

That is supposedly true. He was vey lucky to say the least. He had some holes through his clothing, but not through him. :D
 
IndianaDean:

You are right about the pre-Civil War fighting in Kansas and Missouri, but the James family seems to have not been affected until after the war started. Then abuse by Union soldiers and irregular supporters caused first Frank and then Jesse to join Quantrill’s Raiders. The rest is history. They were without question, hard men during a hard time.
 
Has this happened to anyone else?

My family & I had just got through watching Tombstone. Dad asks my mom to pour him a glass of Pepsi. I tell her "Your a daisy if you do.:D " She just about falls on the floor laughing. Of course she'll laugh if I say "cardboard" in a funny voice.:rolleyes:

What does that term "daisy" mean?
 
V4Vendetta said:
I didn't like the movie too much. Doc was the only good thing about it.
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WOW,! ....cough,coughfairycough... :eek:

Only one other dude in all three pages mentioned the stunningly beautiful, Dana Delany.
 
"You should seen some of the stuff they left out of the movie , R would have been stretchin it"


What stuff?:confused:
 
Oh.:barf: . I like the "Man With No Name" westerns the best. My close second favorite was "Josey Wales".
 
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