Shootout at the OK Corral: Why it Went Down - US History - Part 1 - Extra History

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Step into the Wild West with the Gunfight at the OK Corral, ignited by a booze-fueled feud between Ike Clanton and Doc Holiday We'll carefully be going through "why" it went down and who exactly was involved in this clash that will echo through history.
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[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content guys! You always make My day 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@also_arles]

I can't describe how much I love the little animations in this video!

[@extrahistory]

@@also_arles Thank you for the kind comments!

[@also_arles]

@@extrahistory You're welcome! Your videos always make my day, so I always want to express my gratitude!

[@Hatchet1]

How was this posted 5 days ago?

[@evananderson1455]

I never ever say this, but I don't care how accurate the movie was. Val Kilmer's portrayal of Doc Holliday was so unbelievably enjoyable.

[@Hyde_Hill]

Yeah along with his Jim Morrison his greatest performances.

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Tombstone is the greatest western movie ever made

[@BigDaddyBland87]

Kilmer not getting nominated for that performance is an all-time snub in my book. He is our Huckleberry after all. Easily the highlight of that movie.

[@Osric24]

"Be a daisy if ya do!"

[@extrahistory]

100%

[@AtlasNovack]

The beginning is like "History of Beer, part 7"

[@extrahistory]

😂😂😂

[@jimmypetrock]

Yep

[@AtlasNovack]

​@@extrahistoryWould love to see a like... Dark side of history of beer? Like how you did with Justinian where we see some of the darker stories. Plus it's more time to get into the stories you had to skip.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

​@@extrahistorylove your content guys!😊😊😊😊

[@Your_Friend_Adam]

Wyatt basically being lucky to live, and outlive, so many of his contemporaries that he's probably the only reason we know this shootout took place. Not just that, but he's basically the reason the Western became the definitive genre of early modern Hollywood. He was a consultant on a few early Westerns.

[@22steve5150]

Him and Bat Masterson.

[@derekbates4316]

@@22steve5150 a man who became a legend, in his own time

[@comettamer]

Agreed.

[@ammantophori]

John Ford

[@AaronCorr]

OK Corral sounds like a restaurant in Bikini Bottom with a solid 3/5 stars

[@KrasMazovHatesYourGuts]

Important thing to remember: Wyatt Earp was a man with a gift for tall tales about himself, and he was always buried in gambling debts, especially when he sold his life story to Hollywood. So any story you hear about him, that is told by him, you have to take with a MASSIVE grain of salt.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Additionally, the man who wrote Wyatt's biography only met him a handful of times before Wyatt passed, and the author relied on testimony from Wyatt's friends who were mourning him to fill out the rest of the book. However, Bat Masterson did say at one point, "The story of the West won't be complete until Wyatt Earp tells his story. And Wyatt isn't talking."

[@KesselRunner606]

Pretty much sums up almost all of Wild West history in public knowledge.

[@jackryan444]

Sometimes the story is better than reality. It sucks as a history major, but it’s awesome as a Hollywood buff.

[@richardkimble1191]

How do you know this?

[@Hans140]

Good episode, but what bugs me is that it skips over the lead up to before this. The context of who the Clantons are and the cowboys, to not talking about Wyatt earp’s previous law experience in Dodge City. There’s so much information that’s skipped over, so people new to hearing about it don’t get the full picture or why the clantons are so dangerous. And why the Earps are experienced law men.

[@Hyde_Hill]

Yeah and even hinting at the slander version coming from the cowboys that it was all because of the Earps shady dealings.

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Adaptation to big screen in 1958 movie Gunfight in OK Corral

[@toddhughes2859]

With luck, those areas will be covered in the "Lies" video.

[@theEWDSDS]

I remember reading the Wikipedia article for this a few years ago. it seemed like such a random thing to be remembered in history, interesting to see why.

[@thomasrinschler6783]

Wyatt Earp went to Hollywood, basically.

[@theEWDSDS]

thank you for the heart EC!

[@dallison3670]

I am related to Clay Allison. Wyatt Earp actually had a famous showdown with him.

[@extrahistory]

[@theworstspeedrunner]

The better way to learn history

[@codysonic1]

What about oversimplified?

[@BlakedaBull]

@@codysonic1 a great way to start? extra history lies even gives the books so the hungry student can actually begin.

[@theworstspeedrunner]

@@codysonic1 also good but I like this channel more

[@briannamcdaniel266]

You guys are literally the reason why I passed all of my history classes in college! I could never get bored of these videos! Keep up the amazing work! ~Brianna

[@extrahistory]

[@wolfwoodphreak]

"Wyatt Earp is my friend. " -so? i have lots of friends... "i don't..." Doc is the GOAT

[@Durahan82]

Wyatt Earp:You tell 'em I'm coming And hell's coming with me

[@ASpaceOstrich]

"Oh hey, they're threatening to kill you, but its probably nothing. Lets go walk right up to them in a posse, I'm sure that won't go wrong at all." It's like Virgil wanted a shootout. I have no idea why he thought that might be a good idea.

[@cam4636]

I really like the part where 99% of this is other guys going "oh no, Doc Holiday's gonna cap a mofo when he hears about this--" and then when they actually go up to him, Doc's like "lmao nah" _UNTIL_ they tell him to sit this one out. Truly fighting against the odds of peace to achieve violence🥲

[@ASpaceOstrich]

@@cam4636 Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

[@extrahistory]

Not sus at all...

[@kylefarrell849]

​@@ASpaceOstrichwhere did I hear that one?

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Another day another amazing series! Love your content guys 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@extrahistory]

[@bryangonzalez1398]

I'm already excited by what I've seen and hoping you give Virgil some more of the spotlight than takes on the story have usually given him. Compared to his younger brother he was the more experienced lawman and had also served in the civil war for the Union. I'm hoping someday you could do an entire series on reconstruction and just how important it was in shaping the trajectory of US history.

[@thetribunaloftheimaginatio5247]

"Wyatt, if you were ever my friend, leave and don't come back..."

[@ForgottenHonor0]

"You're a daisy if you do!"

[@pckbread7543]

I heard the name earp and immediately snapped my attention to the screen, absolutely woke me up

[@ilovemuslimfood666]

Feels like Doc Holiday’s entire life story can be summed up in three words: “I’m your huckleberry.”

[@wolfwoodphreak]

that's just my game

[@adambayer7639]

A great detail from the time is that huckleberry was slang for pallbearer. Doc meant “I will put you in the grave”.

[@wolfwoodphreak]

@@adambayer7639 "say when."

[@ilovemuslimfood666]

@@adambayer7639 Bruh, what??? 🤯

[@rodrigodiazdevivar6183]

Actually, it was not locals that told him "Tombstone". It was by a military officer stationed in FT. Huachuca by Sierra Vista AZ when applying for a mining permit..

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

"It appears that poker is not your game, Ike. *I know,* let's have a *spelling contest!"*

[@thethreerailwayengines825]

Gunfight at the OK Corral was the basis for a SEVERELY underrated Doctor Who story

[@extrahistory]

🤣😂🤣

[@coopman0]

🎶 "With rings on their fingers And bells on their toes The girls come to Tombstone In their high silk hose. They'll dance on the tables Or sing you a tune, For whatever's in your wallet At the Last Chance Saloon." 🎶

[@martinpat94]

This makes me remember my love for the movie Tombstone and how Doc was my favorite character

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

A perfect way to enter this month! A video of you guys! Happy holidays! ❤️❤️❤️❤️🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@arqueic4602]

Arizona history!!!

[@extrahistory]

Heck Yes!

[@Offbeaten]

Not enough Huckleberrin'. (good episode as always)

[@amandalorian4973]

I live in tombstone and go to the high school it's cool that you are covering this

[@-jeff-]

Okay, you really corralled me into waiting for Part 2!

[@extrahistory]

[@random-one4413]

I've been watching this channel since the last 5-6 years and I love the approach and topics you cover. I hope you cover the spanish civil war at some point.

[@pugking1233]

As a Texan seeing you cover this warms my heart

[@zeecassel325]

So excited for this miniseries/topic. I grew up having enjoyed the movie Tombstone but having sought more accurate information, and it's really neat to see a professional effort put to what I could only dive into at a glance. Thank you for working on an objective discussion of the events. I am also curious if you will get into the various land diaputes between county and town, as well as how each shootout belligerent was tied to them. Either way, thanks again!

[@hereticpariah6_66]

Love this show. Anything they cover is Fine with me, always interesting

[@mistaidgaf9166]

Tombstone the Kevin Costner and Jeff Bridges version of Wyatt Earp will forever be classic movies

[@average_enby]

Wait is this the shootout that’s recreated in Tombstone?! That’s super cool if it is. I have a pamphlet for it in my memory box.

[@Bakupa91]

Yes

[@carlitos12000]

I love this channel! It'd be great if you guys could do a series on the Mexican Revolution! Pleaasseeee!

[@BlakedaBull]

dude it pretty intense but montemayor the battle of buena vista, top notch work

[@pericoparakeet6104]

I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL, do a history of Mexican empire please

[@BlakedaBull]

i hope it's not insulting, but they did an Inca , and native American hiawatha they might give you a start to imagine as you read about ancient Mexican empires, (sorry very uneducated on this.), what the life fleshes out, timeline of human similarities. on pateron they have votes and discussions on what to vote on.

[@bobkarafin]

YES!! A story about Santa Anna and the Alamo would be BOSS…

[@onlyhistory8140]

A story centered on the life of Porifiro Diaz would be far more interesting in a story format.

[@user-ef3xt6yt2t]

The cartels lol

[@jasonthejazzman8521]

OMG I have been trying to find a series talking about this subject for so long! Super excited you are covering it!

[@danielbentler6484]

Hell yeah thanks for covering Arizona History. Shout out from Prescott, AZ.

[@extrahistory]

Yeah! Arizona has some rich history.

[@kys6557]

Oh hell yeah a classic EH series

[@jimmypetrock]

I like this new upload schedule

[@J0YFU11SUCKS]

I haven’t watched this yet, but I can’t wait to (as someone who enjoys the movie as well)

[@masstrz]

my name is arizonan citizen and i approve this series

[@extrahistory]

**High Five**

[@caitlinoconnor2774]

This is so cool I grew up near the ok corral!

[@user-km2gp9zm5e]

Nice Video! I watched the movie and I was so confused but now I get it!

[@randommoron9892]

i love the movie so this extra history series is gonna be amazing!

[@ghomerhust]

there were also 2 other Earp brothers, for a total of 5, in Tombstone. but they are basically never portrayed

[@taimunozhan]

I really like the way the script/narration went in this episode - it felt a bit more like Extra Literature or Extra Mythology than Extra History (I love the usual styles for all of those, though!). It also kind of reminded me of Chronicle of a Death Foretold by García Márquez, both in content (detailing the context of a crime, a web of offenses between drunken troublemakers) and in the writing itself.

[@average_enby]

And the way you guys draw inklings!!!! It’s so cute!

[@kaiser7637]

If you go to Leadville now it still embodies that same weathered rambunctious atmosphere. Miss that town.

[@comettamer]

Being related to Doc Holliday, ive always been interested in hearing stories about him and of course the O.K. Corral comes up a LOT. But you folks have presented in 10 minutes the most interesting telling of the tale outside the movie Tombstone.

[@shifti835]

I was named after Wyatt Earp and have always wanted to know more about him so this video is fantastic

[@SirRocktober]

I'm your huckleberry

[@user-cs6xi1zr7x]

Okay I just thought of this but if you guys did a series of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, it would be awesome.

[@Peregrine369]

I'm watching this at my work which is less than half an hour away from Tombstone. It's a pretty fun place to spend a day at. Though I prefer Bisbee which is also close by and has some insane history too.

[@chaddurns2329]

As a native to Arizona, I believe I am required by law to be interested in the OK corral.

[@extrahistory]

It's your duty!

[@theflyingdutchmen5841]

God I love this show

[@SuperHGB]

With the current situation, I think a Six Day War series would be cool

[@ryansauchuk7290]

A little hard to stretch "Israel clapping cheeks for 6 days" into a series

[@GeneralLuigiTBC]

Barring a sponsorship or a colossal amount of reliable information on the topic, that's too recent for them. Considering how passionate a lot of people are about the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, there's also a realistic chance that you wouldn't be pleased with a hypothetical EH portrayal.

[@caitlinmarie49]

Crazy thing is my husband used to work there at the corral. Our friends still work there. I miss living in tombstone. Such an amazing place.

[@Rick_King]

This was very cleverly done, although you got several facts wrong. For example, the night of the 25th, Ike, Tom McLaury and Virgil were all playing cards together. And you completely misrepresented Doc Holliday, who was not so easy to anger, and only ever killed three people in his entire life. But still, the animation was entertaining, and you got most of the story right!

[@cjayx]

Everyone watching this needs to watch Tombstone. It is a must watch

[@extrahistory]

YES!

[@TheMouseAvenger]

Heck yeah! 😊 I love all the Earps, Doc Holliday, & Curly Bill Brocius! ^_^ Powers Boothe is love... Powers Boothe is life! ❤

[@GenJeFT]

I like how big you make Tombstone seem considering how small the town is n real life. I went there and drove right through town without realizing it and had to turn around to go back to town after driving an extra 15 minutes past town. If you blink you will miss it entirely.

[@historypaul1657]

It was quite big back in the day though. Boot Hill was the northeastern edge of how far the town stretched.

[@extrahistory]

Very cool place to visit on a day trip though.

[@GenJeFT]

Oh yea its an awesome day trip. Did you go to the copper mines in the area? There are copper mine tours nearby and you can see copper nodules in their native state. It makes it really easy to see why copper was one of the first metals people worked with. Keep up the work on these great videos! @@extrahistory

[@thecount1374]

Tombstone, nice name for a town to have gunfight in.

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything." -- Wyatt Earp

[@cody.chambers.9421]

I went to go see tombstone For my birthday two years ago. It’s a really cool place.

[@BarafuAlbino]

But WHY some dudes nullifying each other became "legendary"?

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

It's one of only a few instances where the western hype lived up to reality, albeit with a more complicated backstory than would be explored in film until relatively recently.

[@Poopenheiner]

Drunk at 9 in the morning is crazy though

[@extrahistory]

The west was wild!

[@cam4636]

Technically, he didn't _get_ drunk at 9 in the morning, he _was still_ drunk at 9 in the morning. Or, in another way...he wasn't "drunk," he was "still drinking"

[@Poopenheiner]

@@extrahistorymy favorite channel responds! Glorious day!

[@xscignorethestuffinquotes7487]

I was in Tombstone for a Red Dead Redemption event and it was really cool actually being there in person. It was very cool

[@cody.chambers.9421]

I even have a video of a little stage play at the Oriental saloon in tombstone

[@dalad9319]

Why must all your videos end on cliff hangers? The pain is immeasurable

[@extrahistory]

We can't help ourselves!

[@henryb9720]

I cannot express how much this channel has helped with general and detailed knowledge for my kids! Y’all have the perfect balance of information to the imagery to catch both kids’ and adults’ attention, which I certainly appreciate for being a history nut! Also having grown up with Wild West legends, I love the cleaned up presentation and clear explanation of the line of events for one of the most iconic yet-random events in the southwest!

[@extrahistory]

Awww, you're making us blush.

[@analoren4745]

listening to this kinda makes me want a series on the Hatfield-McCoy feud

[@TheEgyptYoshi]

amazing video - 2021 me would love this as revision for history gcse lol :)

[@frizzvictor1535]

Doc Holliday is definitely the name of a fallout New Vegas character

[@jokerswild469]

Tombstone the movie just went on Hulu today! What a line up!

[@adirtyoldrat4563]

I've been to Tombstone, and it's such a cool little town!!

[@TexRex6352]

One day we'll have a history video about a Shootout at the Golden Corral.

[@Lieutenant_panzer131]

Oh yeah new EH video

[@BIGTHANKSHEESH]

4:19 I guess people's feelings could be hurt back then. Worse still, you could get killed for roasting someone else. Damn

[@cam4636]

"Good folks of Tombstone, I have come to cancel Doc Holiday for his problematic behavior"

[@BlakedaBull]

amazing how as much as things have changed they are the same. Mankind is very similar culture changes but the inners start similars. This period is so cool because first time lots of people had easy access to small multiple shooting pistols, many were vets or son's of vets working a new peace of a new superpower working the far off. Buying those glinting fair price, finer than anything at so little labor cost, useful guns. "the great equalizer of the world." shame today is people getting revenge, bringing weapons scared to scrape. Just last week talking about how people would just throw fists bleed, and get on with their lives. No bodies, no cops.

[@WolfBoy-om6dw]

5:59 The Six Shooter of Destiny sounds like a magic item.

[@caseyglick5957]

PDQ Bach, the made-up persona of composer Peter Schickele, has an oratorio called "Oedipus Tex" performed by the "OK Chorale". I just thought it important that people know this.

[@drpretzel2086]

Ah tombstone one of my favorite westerns movies an an interesting little historical event.

[@twenty-fifth420]

I haven't seen this, but been too Tombstone a few times. Always joked that things were not so okay at the Corral.

[@extrahistory]

Certainly not Ok after that gun fight.

[@Stejers]

When you are not american and have litterally no idea what this story is about

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Have you ever seen a Western film? This incident is basically the basis for at least half of those movies.

[@maxefilms]

This story led to a very good episode of the 1980s animated show The Real Ghostbusters

[@tashacooper1753]

I feel like the owner would be a little impressed that his town would become a legendary ghost town

[@electricjolteon7716]

Your edging me with this video

[@agentaquarium4345]

A Hatfield-McCoy series would be cool!

[@KohanKilletz]

The history of modern historians in tombstone is equally interesting. My mom used to go to tombstone all the time for her research. One of the historians she befriended was arrested a few years back because when his mom died, he just left her body to decay in the trailer where they lived together

[@19ate4]

Wyatt Earp did a interview talking about gun fights He said “ we only kept 5 rounds in our 6 shot for safety”.

[@sillytrooper]

6:36 WAS THAT A LOTR REFERENCE❤

[@mlovecraftr]

"Tuberculosis" - John Green

[@carineaerts3735]

I learned of this in the lucky luck series

[@b1laxson]

Teeheee... its a tale of Doc, Me, We and Ve!

[@USS-Texas3214]

"Ever see that movie about the shootout at ok coral?" "No...why?" "Cause we right in the middle of it" "I-is that bad?" "Lotta people died."

[@ElindorBG]

last weeks I was thinking about this, I was going to watch the movie, and now I saw that video ^^

[@extrahistory]

Do it!! It's a great one!

[@kill-quest]

Will there be any mention of Big Nose Kate?

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Obviously they did it because they realized how catchy "OK Corral" was gonna sound when people recounted events.

[@cam4636]

Girls: "Ugh I hate dealing with other girls they start so much drama!!!" Boys:

[@keegandecker4080]

This is based off of the episode of buzzfeed unsolved supernatural where the boys go looking for their ghosts

[@cam4636]

I totally read that as "this historical event was based off a Buzzfeed Unsolved episode which, presumably therefore, did not have its own historical basis and was an original concept"