Join US for "The Gunfight at the OK Corral: Fact, Fiction, and Finances"

Thursday, March 7th

10:30 AM

Sun Valley Lodge

This event is free and open to the public

The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is the best-known, yet least understood event in the history of the Wild West. On October 26, 1881, a thirty-second shootout blasted its way onto the pages of history and gained worldwide notoriety. Drawing on original resources and professional research, this presentation explores characters, from the major players—the Earps, Clantons, and Doc Holliday—to editors, authors, outlaws, and capitalists.

Presented by Jim Turner.  Before retiring from the Arizona Historical Society, Jim worked with more than 70 museums in every corner of the state. He is co-author of the 4th-grade textbook The Arizona Story, and his pictorial history book, Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State, contains more than 530 images. Jim moved to Tucson in 1951, earned a masters degree in U.S. history from the University of Arizona, and has been researching and teaching Arizona history for more than 35 years.