Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Gunfight at the O.K. Corral The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a 30-second shootout between lawmen and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that took place at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. It is generally regarded as the most famous shootout in the history of the American Wild West. The gunfight was the result of a long-simmering feud, with Cowboys Billy Claiborne, Ike and Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury on one side and town Marshal Virgil Earp, Special Policeman Morgan Earp, Special Policeman Wyatt Earp,
K. O. Arvidson K. O. Arvidson Kenneth Owen Arvidson (1938 in MA ("Auckland") – 2011), was a New Zealand poet and academic. Arvidson was born in Hamilton and attended Catholic schools there and in Auckland. His secondary education took place at Sacred Heart College. As a student at Auckland University he began publishing poems in "Kiwi" in the late 1950s while studying science. Arvidson transferred to an Arts course, studying German (as a preliminary for MSc) and attending lectures by Bill Pearson, John Reid, M K Joseph, Allen Curnow and others. While studying for his MA in English, Arvidson taught senior English at